Table 2.
Characteristics of the mussel and barnacle biomasses used in the study. The sample abbreviations are M-1: Mechanically separated mussel meat collected in September 2020, M-2: Mechanically separated mussel meat collected in November 2021, M-3: Mechanically separated mussel meat collected in July 2022, M-4: Mechanically separated mussel meat collected in October 2022, B-2: Mechanically separated barnacle meat collected in November 2021, B-3: Mechanically separated barnacle meat collected in July 2022.
| Sample | Average dry weight of one organism, g | Meat in dried biomass, % | Ash in dried meat, % |
Ash in dried shells, % |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 550 °C | 950 °C | 550 °C | 950 °C | |||
| M-1 | 0.30 | 13 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 93.6 | 53.5 |
| M-2 | 0.27 | 16 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 93.8 | 53.8 |
| M-3 | 0.39 | 30 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 92.9 | 53.6 |
| M-4 | 0.27 | 16 | 9.4 | 6.9 | 94.0 | 53.7 |
| B-2 | 0.08 | 10 | 19.7 | 15.0 | 92.9 | 54.1 |
| B-3 | 0.13 | 12 | 18.0 | 14.6 | 92.3 | 54.1 |