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Culturing Artemia (Tuticorin strain) in organic and agricultural wastes at different salinities

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Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture

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Artemia sp (Tuticorin strain) was cultured at a density of 250 individuals 1-1 at 35‰, 45‰, 60‰, 75‰ salinity using five combinations of groundnut oil cake, decayed cabbage leaves, single superphosphate and Baker’s yeast as feed. Effects on survival, growth, and fecundity were noted.

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Basil, J.A., Pandian, G.T. (1991). Culturing Artemia (Tuticorin strain) in organic and agricultural wastes at different salinities. In: Belk, D., Dumont, H.J., Munuswamy, N. (eds) Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 64. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3366-1_2

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