Table 6.

Whole-body composition (g 100 g⁻¹, wet weight) of European seabass juveniles fed the experimental diets.

	Diet				SEM	p- value
	Algae0	Algae2	Algae4	Algae6
Moisture	69.0c	64.0b	62.8ab	62.3a	0.29	<0.001
Ash	4.67	4.35	4.39	4.13	0.225	0.457
Crude protein	18.3	18.1	18.6	18.4	0.14	0.239
Ether extract	8.89a	14.0b	15.0bc	15.9c	0.335	<0.001
Gross energy (kJ g−1)	7.42a	9.01b	9.30b	9.42b	0.143	<0.001

Algae0, commercial-based diet without algae blend inclusion (control diet); Algae2, control diet with 2% algae blend inclusion; Algae4, control diet with 4% algae blend inclusion; Algae6, control diet with 6% algae blend inclusion; SEM, standard error of the mean.

^a−cMeans in the same line with different superscripts are statistically different (p < 0.05).

Initial whole-body composition (g 100 g⁻¹, wet weight): moisture: 70.5; ash: 4.85; crude protein: 16.6; ether extract: 7.54; gross energy: 6.81 (kJ g⁻¹).