. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Aquac Nutr. 2015 Dec 23;23(2):375–386. doi: 10.1111/anu.12403

Table 4.

Diet intake parameters of individual juvenile sea urchins, Lytechinus variegatus, fed one of three semi-purified, formulated diets (190, 260, or 380 g kg^-1 carbohydrate and 310 g kg^-1 protein; n = 10 individuals treatment^-1). Means with similar superscripts are not significantly different (p > 0.05).

	Diets

	190 g kg^-1	260 g kg^-1	380 g kg^-1
Total diet intake (mg day^-1)	162.2 ± 10.1 ^A	120.0 ± 8.43 ^B	141.0 ± 12.0 ^AB
Total protein intake (mg day^-1)	51.1 ± 2.61 ^A	38.0 ± 3.27 ^B	45.0 ± 3.73 ^AB
Total carbohydrate intake (mg day^-1)	30.8± 1.92 ^A	31.2 ± 2.19 ^A	53.6 ± 4.25 ^B
Digestible energy consumed (cal day^-1)	405.6 ± 20.4 ^AB	328.0 ± 20.8 ^B	447.0 ± 35.7 ^A
Kcal consumed kg^-1 body weight day^-1	64.7±7.2 ^A	61.8±7.8 ^A	84.4±14.7 ^A
ADMD (g kg^-1)	743 ± 15.6 ^B	733 ± 24.8 ^B	812 ± 13.1 ^A
Weight gain (g kg^-1)	417± 0.5 ^A	351± 0.5 ^AB	316± 0.6 ^B
Digestible energy (g kg^-1)	82.2 ± 1.07 ^A	83.4 ± 0.84 ^A	85.2 ± 1.23 ^A
Diet intake rate (g kg^-1 body weight consumed day^-1, as fed)	3.35 ± 0.33 ^A	2.87 ± 0.34 ^A	3.37 ± 0.44 ^A