The Free On-line Aquaculture Dictionary |
Specific growth rates of algae (divisions per day) at different light intensities and temperatures |
Temperature | 5 | 10 | 25 | 30 | ||||
Light Intensity (lux) | 5000 | 2500 | 5000 | 2500 | 5000 | 2500 | 5000 | 2500 |
Species | ||||||||
Caloneis schroderi | -0.01 | -0.50 | -0.1 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.29 |
Chaetoceros gracilis | -0.01 | -0.05 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.62 | 0.73 |
Chaetoceros simplex | -0.06 | -0.01 | 0.27 | 0.55 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.63 |
Chlorella ellipsoidea | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.98 | 0.94 |
Chlorella stigmatophora | 0.01 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.24 | 0.78 | 0.56 | 0.66 | 0.39 |
Chlorella vulgaris (freshwater) | -0.25 | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 0.67 | -0.29 | -0.20 |
Dunaniella tertiolecta | 0.28 | 0.17 | 0.43 | 0.42 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.45 |
Cyclotella sp. NUFP-9 | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.00 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.18 | -0.19 |
Hanzchia marina | -0.36 | -0.07 | -0.68 | -0.21 | 0.21 | 0.15 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
Isochrysis galbana | -0.57 | -0.07 | 0.42 | 0.25 | 0.55 | 0.55 | 0.52 | 0.51 |
Isochrysis aff. galbana | -0.62 | -0.67 | 0..06 | -0.14 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.74 |
Nannochlorois oculata | 0.01 | -0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 1.09 | 1.14 |
Nannochloris salina | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.54 | -0.32 | -0.34 | 0.46 | 0.06 |
Navicula incerta | 0.16 | 0.2 | 0.37 | 0.22 | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.48 | 0.35 |
Nitzscia sp. | -0.1 | 0.12 | 0.2 | 0.23 | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.46 | 0.4 |
Skeletonema costatum | 0.29 | 0.34 | 0.66 | 0.61 | 0.6 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0.43 |
Tetraselmus suecica | 0.04 | -0.02 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.51 |
Thalassiosira fluviatilis | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.10 | 0.11 | -0.03 | 0.1 | 0.28 | 0.23 |
Thalassiosira sp. | -0.29 | -0.17 | -0.04 | -0.12 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.40 | 0.41 |
Notes. |
Marine species at 35ppt salinity, |
Freshwater species at 0 ppt.salinity, |
24 hour light for all species |