TY - JOUR AU - CHANGPASERT, WALEEWAN AU - WONG, SAOU-LIEN AU - TORPOL, KITTIKOON PY - 2019/11/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - EFFECT OF MICROALGAL DIETS AND ITS BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF ASIATIC FRESHWATER CLAM JF - Malaysian Applied Biology JA - MAB VL - 48 IS - 4 SE - Research Articles DO - UR - https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/article/view/1878 SP - 61-67 AB - <p><em>Corbicula fluminea </em>clam is one of the most popular food ingredients and nutritional supplements in Taiwan. Increasing the biomass of the clam by culturing it with a proper diet is necessary. For the potential of food availability of the <em>C. fluminea </em>clam, growth and survival were studied by rearing five species of live microalgal diets for eight weeks. The results revealed that the clams fed on <em>C. pyrenoidosa</em>, <em>O. multisporus </em>and <em>C. cryptica </em>showed outstanding results in shell growth and live weight gain. The maximum percentage of clam growth rate, which was measured by shell length, live weight gain and survival rate were found when fed on <em>C. pyrenoidosa</em>, <em>O. multisporus </em>and <em>C. cryptica</em>, respectively. However, the clams had a negative live weight gain when fed on <em>S. acutus </em>and <em>C. microporum</em>, due to the inappropriate size of the diets. The most significant protein content in clam tissue was shown when fed on <em>C. pyrenoidosa </em>(58.34%), and <em>C. cryptica </em>stimulated the highest lipid content in clam tissue (25.06%). Therefore, it suggested that the most suitable live microalgal foods are <em>C. pyrenoidosa</em>, <em>O. multisporus </em>and <em>C. cryptica</em>, for which useful algae and non-toxic species were selected to support <em>C. fluminea </em>growth.</p> ER -