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Artemia: Basic and Applied Biology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002)
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Artemia: Basic and Applied Biology (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002)
Series: Biology of Aquatic Organisms, 1
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The objectives of this volume are to present an up-to-date
(literature survey up to 2001) account of the biology of Artemia
focusing particularly upon the major advances in knowledge and
understanding achieved in the last fifteen or so years and
emphasising the operational and functional linkage between the
biological phenomena described and the ability of this unusual
animal to thrive in extreme environments. Artemia is a genus of
anostracan crustaceans, popularly known as brine shrimps. These
animals are inhabitants of saline environments which are too
extreme for the many species which readily predate them if
opportunity offers. They are, thus, effectively inhabitants of
extreme (hypersaline) habitats, but at the same time are able to
tolerate physiologically large changes in salinity, ionic
composition, temperature and oxygen tension. Brine shrimp are gener
ally thought of as tropical and subtropical, but are also found in
regions where temperatures are very low for substantial periods
such as Tibet, Siberia and the Atacama desert. They have, thus,
great powers of adaptation and are of interest for this capacity
alone. The earliest scientific reference to brine shrimp is in
1756, when Schlosser reported their existence in the saltpans of
Lymington, England. These saltpans no longer exist and brine shrimp
are not found in Britain today. Later, Linnaeus named the brine
shrimp Cancer salinus and later still, Leach used the name Artemia
salina. The strong effect which the salinity of the medium exerts
on the morphological development of Artemia is now widely
recognised."
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