The culturing of some harpacticoid copepods from brackish water
Smol, N.; Heip, C.H.R. (1974). The culturing of some harpacticoid copepods from brackish water. Biol. Jb. Dodonaea 42: 159-169
In: Biologisch Jaarboek (Dodonaea). Koninklijk Natuurwetenschappelijk Genootschap Dodonaea: Gent. ISSN 0366-0818, more
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| Keywords |
Aquatic organisms > Estuarine organisms
Copepoda [WoRMS]
Brackish water |
| Abstract |
A culture method for three copepods from a brackish water pond in northern Belgium was established. The investigated species reproduced best on a diet of algae (Tetraselmis suecica and Phaeodactylum tricornutum) with addition of small amount of detritus from the habitat. Survival from nauplii to the adult stage varied between 60 and 90 %. A study of the influence of temperature showed that the duration of the naupliar stages of Tachidius discipes is relatively prolonged with increasing temperature. |
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