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The Suitability of Two Strains of Artemia (Phyllopoda, Anostraca) as Food for Developing Penaeus Vannamei Boone (Decapoda Natantia)

The Suitability of Two Strains of Artemia (Phyllopoda, Anostraca) as Food for Developing Penaeus... 106 THE SUITABILITY OF TWO STRAINS OF ARTEMIA (PHYLLOPODA, ANOSTRACA) AS FOOD FOR DEVELOPING PENAEUS VANNAMEI BOONE (DECAPODA NATANTIA) BY MATTHEW LANDAU and ROBERT T. EIFERT Harbor Branch Institution, Center for Marine Biotechnology, RR 1, Box 196A, Fort Pierce, Florida 33450, U.S.A. ' INTRODUCTION The nauplii of the brine shrimp, Artemia salina (L.) have been used extensive- ly as food for aquatic organisms for many years. It was not, however, until Little (1969) reported that the shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun could be cultured using Artemia from San Francisco Bay, but not nauplii from Great Salt Lake, Utah, that geographical sources began to concern culturists. Similar results were obtained by Bookhout & Costlow (1970) who reared four species of crab using the Utah and San Francisco strains of brine shrimp; they found poor survival when the Utah strain was used as well as some abnormal development which they suspected was caused by elevated levels of DDT in . that group. Recently a number of organisms have been subjected to similar ex- periments to determine which strains of Artemia result in the best yields, in- cluding the Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia (L.) (Beck et al., 1980), the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Crustaceana Brill

The Suitability of Two Strains of Artemia (Phyllopoda, Anostraca) as Food for Developing Penaeus Vannamei Boone (Decapoda Natantia)

Landau, Matthew; Eifert, Robert T.
Crustaceana , Volume 48 (1-3): 106 – Jan 1, 1985
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© 1985 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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106 THE SUITABILITY OF TWO STRAINS OF ARTEMIA (PHYLLOPODA, ANOSTRACA) AS FOOD FOR DEVELOPING PENAEUS VANNAMEI BOONE (DECAPODA NATANTIA) BY MATTHEW LANDAU and ROBERT T. EIFERT Harbor Branch Institution, Center for Marine Biotechnology, RR 1, Box 196A, Fort Pierce, Florida 33450, U.S.A. ' INTRODUCTION The nauplii of the brine shrimp, Artemia salina (L.) have been used extensive- ly as food for aquatic organisms for many years. It was not, however, until Little (1969) reported that the shrimp Palaemon macrodactylus Rathbun could be cultured using Artemia from San Francisco Bay, but not nauplii from Great Salt Lake, Utah, that geographical sources began to concern culturists. Similar results were obtained by Bookhout & Costlow (1970) who reared four species of crab using the Utah and San Francisco strains of brine shrimp; they found poor survival when the Utah strain was used as well as some abnormal development which they suspected was caused by elevated levels of DDT in . that group. Recently a number of organisms have been subjected to similar ex- periments to determine which strains of Artemia result in the best yields, in- cluding the Atlantic Silverside, Menidia menidia (L.) (Beck et al., 1980), the mysid, Mysidopsis bahia

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Published: Jan 1, 1985

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