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 5

Biotic communities registered within the different treatments.

ASHSControl

Microalgae communities in water (cells·mL−1)
Cyanobacteria (×106) 3 . 4 4 ± 0 . 1 8 b 0 . 0 1 ± 0 . 0 1 a 3 . 3 3 ± 0 . 2 1 b
Diatoms (×104) 1 1 . 8 ± 1 . 3 b 1 0 . 6 ± 1 . 2 b
Heterotrophic bacteria (×105)<0.001a 1 . 8 1 ± 0 . 2 8 b <0.001a
Microalgae and bacterial communities in artificial substrates (cells·cm−2)
Diatoms and cyanobacteria (×104) 2 . 2 ± 0 . 3
Heterotrophic and filamentous cyanobacteria (×105) 2 . 6 ± 0 . 4

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