The Benefits Of Brine Shrimp
Salt is what the brine shrimp need to hatch. Without salt the brine shrimp won’t be able to hatch or stay alive long. My question ‘Which water will the brine shrimp thrive the best in with with the different amounts of salinity?’ These next paragraphs are some of the information on brine shrimp. For example what they look like, eat, etc. This experiment will test whether it matters how much salinity is put in with the eggs.
Brine shrimp live in very salty water. Adult brine shrimp are called Artemia. Artemia Salina is the scientific name for brine shrimp. Brine shrimp can also be called fairy shrimp or sea monkeys. Brine shrimp are very small crustaceans. Brine shrimp shrimp live in very salty waters so predators don’t get them. But because …show more content…
They can also tolerate only having one tenth of marine salt concentration. Brine shrimp are completely absent from oceans, they can be found almost everywhere in the world in inland waters. For example they can be found in the great salt lake, the Mono Lake in California, the rocky coast of San Francisco, the Caspian Sea, in the U.S. Scientists think that brine shrimp have been present in the Great Salt Lake area for about 600,000 years. Brine shrimp can live in and can tolerate up to 50% salt salinity, which is almost saturated. Brine shrimp can be found in a wide range of water salinities. The lakes the brine shrimp live in are slightly alkaline, PH>7.0, which is neutral. They can also survive sometimes with the salinity at 30-330 grams or …show more content…
The female brine shrimp have a brood pouch, where their young are liberated under favorable conditions. The eggs are laid parthenogenetically (unfertilized by sperm) or fertilized and can either hatch immediately or otherwise they can be dried and remain viable for many years. The eggs are remarkably resistant to adverse environment conditions, which is why the brine shrimp are able to hatch so easy in saltwater. In the eggs there is a substance, in the thousand of eggs it’s protected by protective cases. The brine shrimp young and are born alive, the eggs form then are released in the water. The eggs can live in the desert for 10 years or longer until the right environment occurs. Larval brine shrimp called nauplius can grow quickly when the conditions are favorable, for example brine shrimp can grow from a larval to an adult in less than 2 weeks. But it takes about 3 to 6 weeks for the brine shrimp to reach maturity. The eggs float but the larval swim, any movement of water will most likely indicate that the larvae have hatched and are
Brine shrimp live in very salty water. Adult brine shrimp are called Artemia. Artemia Salina is the scientific name for brine shrimp. Brine shrimp can also be called fairy shrimp or sea monkeys. Brine shrimp are very small crustaceans. Brine shrimp shrimp live in very salty waters so predators don’t get them. But because …show more content…
They can also tolerate only having one tenth of marine salt concentration. Brine shrimp are completely absent from oceans, they can be found almost everywhere in the world in inland waters. For example they can be found in the great salt lake, the Mono Lake in California, the rocky coast of San Francisco, the Caspian Sea, in the U.S. Scientists think that brine shrimp have been present in the Great Salt Lake area for about 600,000 years. Brine shrimp can live in and can tolerate up to 50% salt salinity, which is almost saturated. Brine shrimp can be found in a wide range of water salinities. The lakes the brine shrimp live in are slightly alkaline, PH>7.0, which is neutral. They can also survive sometimes with the salinity at 30-330 grams or …show more content…
The female brine shrimp have a brood pouch, where their young are liberated under favorable conditions. The eggs are laid parthenogenetically (unfertilized by sperm) or fertilized and can either hatch immediately or otherwise they can be dried and remain viable for many years. The eggs are remarkably resistant to adverse environment conditions, which is why the brine shrimp are able to hatch so easy in saltwater. In the eggs there is a substance, in the thousand of eggs it’s protected by protective cases. The brine shrimp young and are born alive, the eggs form then are released in the water. The eggs can live in the desert for 10 years or longer until the right environment occurs. Larval brine shrimp called nauplius can grow quickly when the conditions are favorable, for example brine shrimp can grow from a larval to an adult in less than 2 weeks. But it takes about 3 to 6 weeks for the brine shrimp to reach maturity. The eggs float but the larval swim, any movement of water will most likely indicate that the larvae have hatched and are