Effects of the biochemical composition of three microalgae on the life history of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis (Alvarado strain): an assessment

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Table 1

Life table of the rotifer Brachionus sp. “Alvarado” fed with three types of microalgae.

Algae	X	ex	Tc	r	Ro	λ
D. salina	300	8.94	44.33	0.1908	17.69	1.21
Isochrysis sp.	204	10.44	97.67	0.1822	19.19	1.19
N. oculata	252	10.32	126.31	0.1898	13.23	1.20

Abbreviations: X (Hours), ex (Life expectancy); Tc (Mean generation time); r (Intrinsic rate of natural increase); Ro (Net reproductive rate), ⋋(Infinite index of increase).

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