Open AccessTHE USE OF Artemia CYSTS IN AQUACULTURE: THE CONCEPT OF “HATCHING EFFICIENCY” AND DESCRIPTION OF A NEW METHOD FOR CYST PROCESSING
Author(s) -
Sorgeloos P.,
Persoone G.,
BaezaMesa M.,
Bossuyt E.,
Bruggeman E.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
proceedings of the annual meeting ‐ world mariculture society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1749-7345
pISSN - 0164-0399
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1978.tb00285.x
Subject(s) - hatching , brine , brine shrimp , fishery , biology , dehydration , pulp and paper industry , zoology , chemistry , engineering , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The quality of brands of Artemia cysts should be expressed on a weight basis, namely the number of live nauplii hatching out per unit of weight of product and not as a “hatching percentage” since the latter concept does not take into account the degree of impurity of the material. A standardized method for the determination of the hatching efficiency is proposed. A new methodology for cyst processing has been worked out at laboratory scale, based on a 2‐step cleaning (brine and tap water) followed by dehydration (air or brine) or decapsulation and dehydration (brine).