Assimilation of gelatin-acacia microencapsulated lipid by Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat

• Published in: Aquaculture
• Main Authors: Knauer, J, Southgate, Paul C
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 1997
• Subjects: FoR 0704 (Fisheries Sciences); FoR 0608 (Zoology); assimilation; microcapsule; nutrition; lipid; oyster; crassostrea gigas; Pacific; Gam; Crassostrea gigas; Pacific oyster
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00038-0

Gelatin-acacia microcapsules (GAM) are commonly used as a delivery vehicle for lipids in nutritional studies with bivalves. In this study the efficiency with which lipid contained in GAM was assimilated by Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) spat was determined. The marine diatom Chaetoceros muelleri...