Research Article

Production Response and Digestive Enzymatic Activity of the Pacific White Shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931) Intensively Pregrown in Microbial Heterotrophic and Autotrophic-Based Systems

Table 1

Means ± SD of the environmental variables during the pregrowth of L. vannamei in the autotrophic (AS), heterotrophic (H), and the control systems.

Temperature (°C)Salinity (PSU)DO (mg·L−1)pHChlorophyll-a (mg·m−3)

C 3 1 . 7 ± 1 . 1 3 a 3 7 . 3 ± 0 . 5 7 a 6 . 2 ± 3 . 7 a 7 . 8 ± 0 . 2 a 1 6 6 . 9 ± 1 1 9 . 5 a
AS 3 1 . 7 ± 1 . 1 9 a 3 7 . 5 ± 0 . 6 7 a 6 . 5 ± 4 . 2 a 7 . 7 ± 0 . 2 a 2 6 1 . 9 ± 1 5 8 . 2 a
HS 3 0 . 5 ± 0 . 6 5 a 3 6 . 3 ± 0 . 7 7 a 6 . 5 ± 3 . 1 a 7 . 5 ± 0 . 1 3 b 5 . 5 ± 3 . 6 b

Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).