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Effects of salinity on survival, growth, reproductive and life span characteristics of Artemia populations from Urmia Lake and neighboring lagoons
Agh, N.; Van Stappen, G.; Bossier, P.; Sepehri, H.; Lofti, V.; Rouhani, S.M.R.; Sorgeloos, P. (2008). Effects of salinity on survival, growth, reproductive and life span characteristics of Artemia populations from Urmia Lake and neighboring lagoons. Pak. J. Biol. Sci. 11(2): 164-172
In: Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences. Asian Network for Scientific Information: Faisalabad. ISSN 1028-8880; e-ISSN 1812-5735, more
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Keywords
    Environmental effects > Salinity effects
    Growth rate
    Life span
    Reproduction
    Survival
    Water bodies > Lagoons
    Artemia Leach, 1819 [WoRMS]; Artemia urmiana Günther, 1899 [WoRMS]
    Iran [Marine Regions]
    Marine/Coastal; Brackish water; Fresh water
Authors  Top 
  • Agh, N., more
  • Van Stappen, G., more
  • Bossier, P., more
  • Sepehri, H.
  • Lofti, V.
  • Rouhani, S.M.R.
  • Sorgeloos, P., more
Abstract
    This study deals with effects of different salinities on the survival, growth, reproductive and lifespan characteristics of three Artemia populations from Urmia Lake and small lagoons at the vicinity of the lake under laboratory conditions. Experimental salinities ranged from 75 to 175 g L-1. Salinity was proved to have significant impact on the majority of the characters studied in this survey. Growth and survival in bisexual A. urmiana and parthenogenetic Artemia from Lake Urmia were significantly higher with respect to the parthenogenetic Artemia from lagoons at most of the salinities tested. Reproductive characteristics such as total number of broods, total offspring number of offspring in each brood and number of offspring at each day of reproductive period reduced with increasing salinity. Moreover higher salinity prolonged the pre-reproductive period but shortened the total reproductive period. Higher salinities also affected the percentage of encystment and post-reproductive period, showing significantly higher values in parthenogenetic populations in comparison to bisexual A. urmiana.
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