Table 3. Growth performance and whole-body nutrient composition of juvenile olive flounder fed the experimental diets for eight weeks

Parameters	Treatment							Pr > F
Parameters	Tau0.13	Tau0.56	Tau0.96	Tau1.50	Tau2.01	Tau2.54	Tau2.87	ANOVA	Linear	Quadratic
IBW (g)	12.8 ± 0.3	12.9 ± 0.2	12.8 ± 0.1	12.5 ± 0.5	13.2 ± 0.1	12.6 ± 0.2	13.1 ± 0.2	0.4369	0.6661	0.3427
FBW (g)	47.8 ± 1.0	52.3 ± 1.1	51.8 ± 0.4	50.9 ± 1.1	50.7 ± 1.5	51.4 ± 1.3	51.3 ± 0.5	0.1529	0.2070	0.0262¹⁾
WG (%)	274 ± 8	306 ± 6	304 ± 6	309 ± 14	285 ± 16	309 ± 3	291 ± 7	0.1160	0.4035	0.0099¹⁾
SGR (%)	2.54 ± 0.04	2.55 ± 0.03	2.58 ± 0.01	2.58 ± 0.06	2.55 ± 0.05	2.57 ± 0.04	2.49 ± 0.01	0.6696	0.6245	0.5014
FE (%)	101 ± 2	105 ± 3	106 ± 1	104 ± 3	103 ± 5	107 ± 4	99.7 ± 1.0	0.5996	0.6542	0.2737
SR (%)	98.3 ± 1.7	100 ± 0	100 ± 0	95.2 ± 2.6	100 ± 0	98.3 ± 1.7	98.3 ± 1.7	0.3133	0.7573	0.7939
CF	0.99 ± 0.02	1.03 ± 0.01	1.02 ± 0.03	1.05 ± 0.03	1.00 ± 0.02	0.99 ± 0.02	1.06 ± 0.02	0.3252	0.6428	0.1576
HSI (%)	1.77 ± 0.13	1.9 ± 0.14	1.6 ± 0.09	1.96 ± 0.12	1.81 ± 0.09	1.73 ± 0.1	1.82 ± 0.13	0.6919	0.7549	0.8949
VSI (%)	4.37 ± 0.31	4.64 ± 0.36	4.22 ± 0.25	4.91 ± 0.29	4.89 ± 0.22	5.12 ± 0.29	4.67 ± 0.28	0.3829	0.1820	0.6355
Body composition (%; as is)
Moisture	74.9 ± 0.1	75.2 ± 0.2	74.9 ± 0.2	74.9 ± 0.1	75.0 ± 0.1	74.9 ± 0.2	74.7 ± 0.1	0.4824	0.6946	0.5953
Crude protein	17.6 ± 0.0	17.7 ± 0.3	17.7 ± 0.3	17.6 ± 0.0	17.9 ± 0.2	18.1 ± 0.2	18.3 ± 0.2	0.1179	0.3132	0.6883
Crude lipid	4.09 ± 0.07^a	3.17 ± 0.05^b	3.56 ± 0.03^ab	3.45 ± 0.18^ab	3.19 ± 0.04^b	3.07 ± 0.18^b	3.06 ± 0.32^b	0.0044¹⁾	0.0090¹⁾	0.1820
Crude ash	3.40 ± 0.10	3.60 ± 0.10	3.60 ± 0.10	3.6 ± 0.1	3.70 ± 0.10	3.50 ± 0.10	3.60 ± 0.20	0.7749	0.1381	0.6767

Values are significantly different (p< 0.05).
Values are means ± SEM from triplicate groups (n = 3) where the values in each row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05).
IBW, initial body weight; FBW, final body weight; WG, weight gain; SGR, specific growth rate; FE, feed efficiency; SR, survival rate; CF, condition factor; HIS, hepatosomatic index; VSI, viscerosomatic index.