ISSN:
1749-7345
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
Lobster larvae were reared on a diet of unfed Artemia nauplii from either Great Salt Lake, Utah, USA (harvested in late 1981), or from the Artemia Reference Center, Ghent, Belgium. The two strains produced equivalent survival, development, and growth rates in the experimental animals. Success at metamorphosis for lobsters fed each strain was high despite observations in the literature that other larvae which experience a pronounced metamorphosis could show high mortalities when fed Utah Artemia. The results indicate that either temporal variability in nutritional value of Utah Artemia can alter growth patterns of predaceous lanae or that larval lobsters have appropriate metabolic mechanisms to overcome dietary deficiencies previously associated with Utah Artemia.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-7345.1987.tb00412.x
