Characterization of the feeding preferences of bivalve larvae would help improving the bivalve aquaculture and hatchery by providing appropriate microalgal diets. However, inaccurate and laborious identification and counting of microalgal species have challenged the selective feeding of bivalves. In the present study, we developed a highly specific and sensitive assay using quantitative polymer...

Nauplii of Calanus helgolandicus were raised from eggs, laid within a 12 h period, to Copepodite Stage I (CI) on 5 different species of algae at high concentrations at 15°C. The diets used were Isochrysis galbana (5 μm spherical diameter), Rhodomonas baltica (7 μm), the coccolithophorid Pleurochrysis carterae (12 μm), the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii (14 μm) and the dinoflagellate Prorocent...

A range of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) have been found to be released during zooplankton grazing on microalgae cultivated for commercial purposes. However, production grazing-derived VOCs from environmentally relevant species and their potential contribution oceanic emissions the atmosphere remains largely unexplored. Here, we aimed qualitatively explore suite produced due using laborator...

This study evaluates the nutritional value of several species of freeze-dried microalgae used to feed the seed of Ruditapes decussatus. These microalgae were: Isochrysis galbana, clone T-ISO; Tetraselmis suecica; and Phaeodactylum tricornutum. The addition of antibiotics, kaolin and fresh microalgae to the freeze-dried diet was also evaluated, and a study was made of the nutritional value of on...