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Larviculture of the fairy shrimp,Streptocephalus proboscideus (Crustacea: Anostraca): effect of food concentration and physical and chemical properties of the culture medium

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Food concentration (0.5 × 103 − 5 × 105 Scenedesmus cells m1−1) significant influenced the somatic growth, maturation and survivorship ofS. proboscideus larvae. A density of 5 × 104 cells m1−1 was optimal for early larval stages. Of four temperature tested (20–35 °C), 30 °C resulted in the best growth and survival. Maturation time was inversely related to temperature, and was size- rather that age-dependent. Larvae were tolerant of a wide conductivity range, but optimal growth and survival were observed at 260 µS cm−1. Nitrate-Nitrogen (NO2-N) caused a larval mortality of 50% after 24 h at 0.58 mg1−1.

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Ali, A.J., Dumont, H.J. Larviculture of the fairy shrimp,Streptocephalus proboscideus (Crustacea: Anostraca): effect of food concentration and physical and chemical properties of the culture medium. Hydrobiologia 298, 159–165 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00033810

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