Review Article

Natural Biota’s Contribution to Cultured Aquatic Animals’ Growth in Aquaculture Cannot Be Ignored

Table 5

Overview of fatty acid profiles of several zooplankton species.

Fatty acids
C16:0C18:0C18:1n-9C18:3n-3C18:3n-6C20:0C20:4n-6 (ARA)C20:5n-3 (EPA)C22:5n-6C22:6n-3 (DHA)MUFAPUFA

Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) fed on baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
15.151.6012.6414.400.250.110.882.902.10

Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) fed on microparticulate compound diet (CULTURE SELCO)
16.081.32139.430.280.150.845.834.52

Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) un-enriched
17–24.85.6–6.883.52–7.924.25–6.281.892.383.53–4.060.285.05–6.58

Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) enriched with ori-green
18.3510.65.441.073.360.6811

Rotifers (Brachionus plicatilis) enriched protein hydrolysate
17.95.558.385.391.874.290.187.37

Rotifers enriched with multigain
32.434.815.593.841.536.179.7

Rotifers enriched with Chlorella
21.935.143.255.31.456.149.49

Artemia un-enriched
5.97–10.52.87–6.5718.90.85–1.715.120.48–1.202.19–2.800.010.39–0.91

Artemia enriched with ori-green
10.66.2317.72.030.994.210.284.63

Artemia enriched with protein hydrolysate
10.66.4818.431.20.562.710.020.72

Mixed zooplankton
18.6–81.20.1–4.122.60–11.92.05–6.340.14–0.740.240.24–1.5410.90.119.20–22.77.03–14.7510.1–19.78

Moina sp
10.5311.8320.192.663.041.31

Daphnia sp
17.836.4026.221.200.650.05

Moina micruraun-enriched
33.010.9327.923.792.663.043.011.3142.2618.05

Moina micrura enriched with vitamin C
34.636.9817.925.707.223.722.451.3825.5624.37

Moina micrura enriched with HUFA
24.5614.498.263.394.618.201.9910.3617.0335.57

Moina micrura enriched with vitamin C+HUFA
21.116.5117.4314.943.995.051.635.1733.3733.98

Apocyclops dengizicus
30.05–35.194.40–6.436.03–13.352.64–4.070.42–0.430.60–1.451.77–8.434.07–20.2313.02–15.9517.62–37.56

ARA: arachidonic acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid. Data are collected from studies of Chakraborty and Mallick [24], Farhadian et al. [126], Kostopoulou et al. [127], Mæhre et al. [128], Manickam et al. [123], Mitra et al. [125], Rocha et al. [21], and Singh et al. [129].