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OPTIMIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF 'MYSIDOPSIS BAHIA'
Citation:
McKenney, C. OPTIMIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS DURING THE LIFE CYCLE OF 'MYSIDOPSIS BAHIA'. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/M-87/004 (NTIS PB87216446).
Description:
When considering both survival capacity of Mysidopsis bahia (Mi bahia) through a complete life cycle and time required for juvenile mysids to become reproductively mature, salinity-temperature conditions of 20 parts per thopis and by wgt. dissolved salts and 25 C appear optimal for this estuarine crustacean. Optimization of growth and reproduction in the species requires a feeding density of 2-3 Artemia nauplii per ml of seawater. For M. bahia this food density results in maximum growth, shortest duration prior to initiation of reproduction, and maximum young production.