Table 1.

Fatty acid profile (in % of total fatty acids) of the compound feeds (Inve Rot and Inve Artem) and of the microalgae (Aurantiochytrium sp., Isochrysis sp., and Nannochloropsis sp.) used to feed the rotifers and artemia.

Fatty acid (% total fatty acids)	Inve Rot	Inve Artem	Aurantiochytrium sp.	Isochrysis sp.	Nannochloropsis sp.
16:0	27.0 ± 0.9a	15.0 ± 0.6b	28.0 ± 0.1a	9.5 ± 0.4c	16.8 ± 0.7b
18:0	4.6 ± 0.2a	3.5 ± 0.1a	0.8 ± 0.1b	0.1 ± 0.2c	0.1 ± 0.1c
Σ SFA	34.3 ± 0.7b	24.0 ± 0.7c	48.1 ± 0.4a	22.3 ± 0.9d	24.3 ± 0.8c
16:1 n7	6.1 ± 0.2b	4.9 ± 0.2a	11.9 ± 0.0c	4.3 ± 0.1a	22.0 ± 1.2d
18:1 n9	16.1 ± 0.7a	19.2 ± 0.5a	0.0 ± 0.0c	7.4 ± 0.2b	7.8 ± 0.1b
18:1 n7	1.7 ± 0.1b	2.4 ± 0.1b	10.7 ± 0.0a	1.2 ± 0.0c	0.2 ± 0.2d
Σ MUFA	25.1 ± 0.5b	29.1 ± 0.8a	22.9 ± 0.0c	18.8 ± 0.4d	30.8 ± 1.1a
18:2 n6	7.6 ± 0.1a	7.3 ± 0.2a	0.1 ± 0.0d	4.1 ± 0.1b	3.5 ± 0.1c
20:4 n6	1.0 ± 0.1b	1.2 ± 0.0b	0.1 ± 0.0d	0.4 ± 0.0c	9.2 ± 0.2a
22:5 n6	0.2 ± 0.4b	0.6 ± 0.5b	7.4 ± 0.2d	2.9 ± 0.2c	0.1 ± 0.1a
Σ n6 PUFA	8.9 ± 0.4b	9.9 ± 0.6b	7.9 ± 0.1a	7.7 ± 0.2a	13.1 ± 0.6c
18:3 n3	1.1 ± 0.1b	1.5 ± 0.0b	0.0 ± 0.0a	6.9 ± 0.2c	0.0 ± 0.1a
18:4 n3	0.8 ± 0.1b	1.0 ± 0.0b	0.0 ± 0.0c	19.6 ± 0.4a	0.0 ± 0.0c
20:5 n3	0.2 ± 0.4a	7.7 ± 0.1b	0.6 ± 0.1a	0.6 ± 0.0a	28.3 ± 0.7c
22:6 n3	20.8 ± 1.0a	20.7 ± 0.3a	19.1 ± 0.2a	18.6 ± 1.7a	0.2 ± 0.3b
Σ n3 PUFA	31.3 ± 0.6b	33.9 ± 0.1b	20.0 ± 0.3d	47.5 ± 0.7a	28.6 ± 0.9c
Σ PUFA	40.6 ± 1.1b	44.9 ± 0.6b	28.0 ± 0.4a	57.0 ± 0.7c	42.2 ± 1.4b
Σ n3/Σ n6	3.52 ± 0.14b	3.44 ± 0.23b	2.53 ± 0.01c	6.17 ± 0.11a	2.19 ± 0.03d

Values are presented as average ± standard deviation. Different lowercase letters within a row correspond to statistical differences (p < 0.05) between the relative (%) FA profiles of used feeds.