Methods for culturing saltwater rotifers (brachionus plicatilis) for rearing larval zebrafish

Zebrafish

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 140-146

  Lawrence, Christian ^a   Sanders, Erik ^b   Henry, Eric ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Reed Mariculture Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTIFERA; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; LARVA; ROTIFERA; WATER; ZEBRAFISH;

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; DANIO RERIO; PISCES; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84866431679     PISSN: 15458547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/zeb.2012.0771     Document Type: Article

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