해산어류 및 갑각류 유생 사육 시 초기 먹이로 요구되는 rotifer를 고온기나 저온기에 생산하고자 할 때 Chlorella 대용으로서 적합한 식물성 먹이생물에 관한 실험요약은 다음과 같다. 1. 고온에서 가장 성장이 양호한 종은 Nannnochioris oculata로 $28^{circ}C$, $33\%_{circ}$, 5,000 lux가 최적 환경 요인으로 밝혀졌다. 2. 저온에서 가장 성장이 양호한 종은 Phaeodactylum tricornutum이었고 이 종의 최대 성장요인은 보험구간중 가장 고온인 $10^{circ}C$, 8,000 lux 및 $30\%_{circ}$이었고 $8^{circ}C$에서도 성장이 양호한 편이었다. 3. Nannnochioris oculata 와 Phaeodactylum tricornutum을 대조구인 Chlorella ellipsoidea와 함께 고온 및 저온에서 각각 대량배양하여 rotifer를 배양한 결과 rotifer 개체 밀도는 Nannnochioris oculata를 공급하여 배양한 것이 Chlorella ellipsoidea에 비해 월등히 높았고 Phaeodactylum tricornutum을 공급하여 배양한 경우는 Chlorella ellipsoidea보다 약간 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 지방산 조성에서도 Nannnochioris oculata가 Chlorella ellipsoidea나 Phaeodactylum tricornutum보다 polyene의 비가 높아 영양적인 측면에서도 유리한 것으로 확인되었다.
Chlorella has been used as a very useful food for rearing rotifer which is an important live food for early stages of fish and crustancean larvae. But Chlorella does not grow well in higher or lower temperature such as during summer or winter season in this country. Therefore, cooling or heating facilities are needed for Chlorella culture during summer or winter, but it costs too much for the commercial scale fish farmers. To solve this problem, the growth rates of 34 different species of phytoplanktons were examined at the various levels of temperatures, salinites and light intensities to select suitable species as the food for rotifers for summer and that for winter. After the suitable species were selected, growth comparisons of rotifer groups which were fed the selected species of phytoplanktons against rotifer group fed Chlorella as a control were done. Fatty acid compositions of the selected phytoplanktons and rotifer groups which were fed these selected phytoplanktons were examined. It was revealed that Nannnochioris oculata was optimum for rotifers in summer season and Phaeodactylum tricornutum was suitable for that in winter season. The optimum temperature, salinity and light intensity for former phytoplankton were $28^{circ}C$, $33\%_{circ}$ and 5,000 lux and those for later were $10^{circ}C$, $30\%_{circ}$ and 8,000 lux, respectively. In the higher temperature condition, the growth of N. oculata fed rotifer group was better than Chlorella ellipsoidea fed group. In the lower temperature condition, however, the growth of Chlorella fed rotifer group was slightly better than P. tricornutum fed group. Between two selected phytoplanktons, N. oculata has the highest content of linolenic acid (18 : 3 $omega$ - 3, $omega$ - 6) which is essential fatty acid for marine fish larvae. A rotifer group which was fed this plankton also showed the highest linolenic acid content among the other rotifer groups.
