Food size selectivity of Artemia franciscana at three developmental stages

Artemia franciscana

Artemia franciscana C. Drewes (updated, 2002) http://www.zool.iastate.edu/~c_drewes/ http://www.zool.iastate.edu/~c_drewes/Artemph.jpg Taxonomy Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum): Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda (includes fairy shrimp, brine shrimp, daphnia, clam shrimp, tadpole shrimp) Order: Anostraca (brine shrimp and fairy shrimp) Genus and species: Artemia franciscana (= the North American versio...

Alternative Biotest on Artemia franciscana

Recent toxicology, in accordance with recommendations from the European Council, has demanded decrease in the number of vertebrates used in toxicology testing and their partial replacement with invertebrate animals, plants or even organ, tissue, or cell cultures. During the last 50 years various invertebrate species have been tested for their sensitivity to many chemical or physical agents to p...

Short Communication Post-anoxic Viability and Developmental Rate of Artemia Franciscana Encysted Embryos

Free-living animals differ widely in their tolerance to the absence of molecular oxygen (anoxia): most die within hours or days under these conditions, and even well-adapted forms such as intertidal invertebrates do not survive more than a month or so of continuous anoxia (Hochachka, 1980; Hochachka and Guppy, 1987; Bryant, 1991). A striking exception is the brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana, w...

Metabolic downregulation during diapause in embryos of Artemia franciscana

Losses of lipid, protein and ny3 fatty acids in enriched Artemia franciscana starved at different temperatures

The loss rates of protein and lipids were determined for enriched Artemia franciscana starved Ž y1. at different temperatures after enrichment. Following 12-h enrichment with DHA Selco 0.2 g l Ž at 288C, the nauplii were temperature acclimated and transferred to starving condition 0–96 h; . 58C to 308C . y1 Ž . Ž The total lipid content during enrichment increased from 145 mg g dry weight DW ne...