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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
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Keywords
    Aquatic organisms > Estuarine organisms
    Copepoda [WoRMS]
    Brackish water
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  • Smol, N.
  • Heip, C.H.R.
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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