Table 3. Survival (%), weight gain (g/abalone) and specific growth rate (SGR, %/day) of the small abalone fed the experimental diets for 16 weeks in Trial 1

Experimental diets	Initial weight (g/abalone)	Final weight (g/abalone)	Survival (%)	Weight gain¹⁾ (g/abalone)	SGR²⁾ (%/day)
CP20	2.7 ± 0.02	6.3 ± 0.21^a	82.4 ± 5.04^a	3.6 ± 0.19^a	0.74 ± 0.023b
CP25	2.7 ± 0.00	7.2 ± 0.43^a	85.2 ± 4.54^a	4.6 ± 0.43^a	0.86 ± 0.053^a
CP30	2.7 ± 0.01	7.4 ± 0.36^a	82.4 ± 3.33^a	4.7 ± 0.37^a	0.88 ± 0.045^a
CP35	2.7 ± 0.00	7.2 ± 0.26^a	89.0 ± 3.43^a	4.5 ± 0.24^a	0.84 ± 0.026^a
CP40	2.7 ± 0.01	7.3 ± 0.22^a	90.5 ± 2.65^a	4.6 ± 0.22^a	0.86 ± 0.025^a

Values (means of triplicate ± SE) in the same column sharing a common superscript are not statistically different (p > 0.05).
Weight gain (g/abalone) = Final weight of abalone – Initial weight of abalone.
Specific growth rate (SGR, %/day) = [(Ln (Final weight of abalone) – Ln (Initial weight of abalone) / Days of feeding] × 100.