Determination of biological and physicochemical parameters of Artemia franciscana strains in hypersaline environments for aquaculture in the Colombian Caribbean

Table 1 Biometric determination of Artemia franciscana cysts and Instar I nauplii samples from several strains in the Colombian Caribbean and from San Francisco Bay (control ARC 1258) (units in μm).

Location	Cysts diameter	Chorion thickness	Nauplii length
SFB (ARC 1258)	201.0^a ± 15.8 / 183.4 ± 6.9	8.8	432.1^a ± 24.6
Galerazamba	232.1^b ± 16.5 / 214.8 ± 19.3	8.6	390.3^b ± 24.5
Tayrona	233.4^b ± 12.4 / 227.2 ± 8.2	3.1	451.9^c ± 25.1
Kangarú	236.8^c ± 12.3 / 212.0 ± 11.0	12.4	426.1^a ± 26.4
Manaure	241.1^d ± 12.1 / 223.9 ± 10.2	8.6	414.2^d ± 29.3
Salina Cero	249.8^e ± 10.5 / 234.2 ± 10.1	7.8	431.7^a ± 31.4
Pozos Colorados	252.9^e ± 10.7 / 226.5 ± 10.2	13.2	442.0^e ± 24.0

Superscripts (a, b, c, d, e) per column denote significant differences among strains (P < 0.05).
Note: Cyst diameter represents both non-decapsulated and decapsulated values, respectively.