growth performance
World Data Ocean keeps growth performance in one place: 3 stories so far. The section currently leads with “Microbiome shifts shape Ulva growth response in brine-based cultivation”, “CAP Protein Impacts Shrimp Growth, Metabolism, and Gut Microbiota.”, and “Warming's Metabolic Stress Outweighs Acidification's Impact on Larval Survival”. Two Ulva compressa cultivars, one recently wild and one lab-weary, responded very differently to brine. A clear dose-response relationship is hard to find in aquaculture nutrition, but this study on *Litopenaeus vannamei* reveals one. A Global Hub for Ocean Intelligence 4 World Data Ocean is a centralized digital platform where researchers, scientists, and ocean enthusiasts converge to… The list below is every growth performance story on World Data Ocean, newest first.
Microbiome shifts shape Ulva growth response in brine-based cultivation
Two Ulva compressa cultivars, one recently wild and one lab-weary, responded very differently to brine. The C2019 strain, with its richer core microbiome, simply outgrew the C1952 in scaled-up trials. This is a clear signal: the host's relationship with its bacteria is not a side note, but a central gear in making land-based cultivation work. We cannot treat the alga in isolation; the holobiont is the unit we must engineer for resilience.
CAP Protein Impacts Shrimp Growth, Metabolism, and Gut Microbiota.
A clear dose-response relationship is hard to find in aquaculture nutrition, but this study on *Litopenaeus vannamei* reveals one. When researchers fed the shrimp graded levels of Clostridium autoethanogenum protein as the primary protein source, growth performance followed a distinct biphasic curve. The CAP40 group achieved the highest specific growth rate, while inclusions above 44% significantly suppressed it. Broken-line regression pinpointed 39.44% as optimal. This precision matters.
Warming's Metabolic Stress Outweighs Acidification's Impact on Larval Survival
Larval survival in the dog conch falters most under extreme warming, not acidification alone. Our study shows that temperature, pH, and their interaction significantly reduce survival, with thermal stress overriding pH-dependent differences at 34 °C. Growth responds to pH, yet metabolism peaks under heat, revealing a physiological trade-off. These findings underscore that warming may become the dominant constraint on tropical marine larvae, reinforcing why integrated climate indicators, like those tracked in our 2025 Temperature Anomalies, matter for predicting coastal ecosystem vulnerability.