Combined effects of temperature, photoperiod, and salinity on reproduction of the brine shrimp Artemia sinica (Crustacea: Anostraca).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Artemia sinica is a brine shrimp species distributed in hypersaline salt lakes in northern China and Siberia and a successful invasive species in some coastal salterns. Although it is a commercially harvested and cultured species, knowledge of its reproductive characteristics is limited, and existing studies are often contradictory. The combined effects of temperature, salinity, and photoperiod on reproduction characteristics are experimentally studied to better understand its reproductive features.

Methods

There were 36 combinations of three environmental factors (3 × 3 × 4), each with three or four levels, namely temperature (16, 25, 30 °C), photoperiod (6 L:18 D, 12 L:12D, 18 L:6D), and salinity (50, 100, 150, 200 PSU). In each treatment, 48 to 80 pairs

SUBMITTER: Yang JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538291 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature