Title: Laboratory Culture of Marine Holozooplankton and its Contribution to Studies of Marine Planktonic Food Webs
Abstract: The first investigations of living marine planktonic organisms under confined conditions in the laboratory developed when, as a result of taxonomic studies, scientists became interested in the biology and behavior of the great variety of animal groups that were being described from the plankton. The early investigators wanted to keep these animals alive in their laboratories to study the various kinds of processes performed by them. This chapter elaborates on the cultivation techniques of living marine planktonic organisms such as Protozoa, Cnidaria , Ctenophora, Rotifera, Chaetognatha, Mollusca, Amphipoda, Mysidacea, Euphausiscea, Ostracoda, Decapoda, Copepoda, Cladocera, and Tunicata. It also discusses the contribution of the cultivation to the study of Plankton ecology, its taxonomy and morphology, and experimental studies relating to secondary production and simulations. The chapter discusses the original reasons that led to the development of laboratory studies of Zooplankton and the types of information that are most effectively obtained by the use of cultures.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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