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 of there being so much salt their food or diet is very limited. Brine shrimp have stalked compound eyes, tapered bodies, and with a trunk that bears 11 pairs of leaf-like legs. The brine shrimp’s legs are used as filters, paddles, and gills. The legs are called or named Phyllopodia. Brine shrimp also has 2 small antennas that feel the environment ahead.
The antennas are used for feeling, touching, and smelling. They have 3 black eyes. They have a head, a middle (thorax), and a tail (abdomen). Brine shrimp breath through gills, like fish. Their bodies are jointed, for example like human’s elbows and knees. Brine shrimp’s skeletons are on the outside of their body. Brine shrimp are not orange or red like normal shrimp, they can be a pale white, pink, green, or even transparent. Brine shrimp can live in water with several times the salinity of saltwater. 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. , which is neutral. They can also survive sometimes with the salinity at 30-330 grams or liters. Brine shrimp have been known for many things, for example its food source. Brine shrimp is food to baby fish, birds, and more. However, it isn’t a threat for brine shrimp because brine shrimp can reproduce quickly. Brine shrimp shrimp are used as fish food in aquariums for the baby fish. The birds use brine shrimp as protein for their long flights. Brine shrimp feed on algae, yeast, and bacteria which are microscopic organisms.
One type of green algae brine shrimp live on is called Dunaliella, which is a photosynthetic green algae. Brine shrimp are passive filter feeders, which means they don’t select what goes in their mouths. The particles are caught by or in strainers formed by the bristles on the inner edge of the legs, from there the particles go into their mouth. Brine shrimp when they are fully grown reach the length of a cm to more than a 12 an inch. 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 swimming. The brine shrimp move around on their back with their legs facing the surface of the water. The brine shrimp have cousins just like us, the brine shrimp cousins are the lobster and the crab.
The brine shrimps subclass Branchiopoda meaning “gill foot,” this is referring to the fact that the gills are on the outer side of the limb bases. The brine shrimp glide through the water, it’s propelled by what looks like two wings along their sides.. Under the microscope, the “wings” are revealed to be of 11 pairs of appendages that undulate and that act as paddles. The Artemia Salina is in the order Anostraca, which means “no shell. ” The Artemia often develop into large monocultures, the densities of which are mostly controlled by food limitation. Brine Shrimp are considered members of a single genus, which is Artemis.
They can also occur in large numbers. The question ‘Which water will the brine shrimp thrive the best in with more salinity? ‘ Is important because if brine shrimp are able to stand water with a lot of salinity then they can live longer. They will be able to reproduce, and stay alive for a long time without going extinct. With the different amounts of salinity the brine shrimp might be able to hatch and live longer. Brine shrimp are very important to the environment. Brine shrimp provide food for baby fish, and protein for the birds with their long flights ahead.