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

Table 2 Quality evaluation results for Artemia franciscana cyst from three major saltworks in the Colombian Caribbean (H%: hatching percentage, HE: hatching efficiency, HR: hatching rate, Ts: hatching synchrony).

Location	Number of cysts/g*	H% (nauplii from 100 full cysts)	HE (nauplii/g of cyst)	HR (hrs)
				T₀	T₁₀	T₉₀	T_s
Manaure	267,970.3 ± 5,639^a	51.4 ± 0.6^a	155,555.6 ± 6.3^a	12	13	23.0	10.0
Galerazamba	208,260.4 ± 7,485^b	53.1 ± 8.3^a	125,888.9 ± 10.9^b	12	13	26.0	13.0
Salina Cero	230,680.3 ± 4,474^c	46.7 ± 2.1^b	98,666.7 ± 2.2^c	12	13	23.0	10.0
SFB (ARC1258)	283,556.1 ± 3,967^d	67.4 ± 14.9^c	127,222.2 ± 22.8^d	15	16	25.5	9.5

* Mean values.
Superscripts (a, b, c, d) per column denote significant differences among strains (P < 0.05).