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rotifer

any minute aquatic multicellular invertebrate of the phylum Rotifera, containing the wheel animalcules, the smallest METAZOANS. They move and feed by means of an anterior ring of cilia.

rotifer

see brachionus plicatilis.

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1) Artificial diet with 45% Protein (LFd 1) (2) Rotifers like Asplanchna and Brachionus (LFd2) (3) Wild Zooplankton (LFd3) (4) Bioenriched zooplanktons (raised on Chlorella, cod liver oil and vitamin C) (LFd4) (5) Artemia (LFd5) (6) Chironomus (LFd6) (7) Oligochaetes (LFd7)

Growth, survival and proximate body composition of M. dayanum larvae fed artificial food and natural food organisms under laboratory conditions

Stamford's beaches were analyzed and found to contain a significant number of rotifers and jellyfish but a low level of enterococcus and fecal coliform bacteria.

Predictability of swimming prohibitions by observational parameters: a proactive public health policy, Stamford, Connecticut, 1989-2004

In this study, we recorded 140 species, and the rotifers compounded the most species-rich group (88 species), followed by testate amoebae (35), cladocerans (13) and copepods (four).

Spatial variations in the zooplankton community from the Corumba Reservoir, Goias State, in distinct hydrological periods/ Variacoes espaciais da comunidade zooplanctonica no reservatorio de Corumba (Estado de Goias), em distintos periodos hidrologicos

Also, there are striking differences between the two rotifer classes; although both are represented in both temporary and permanent waters, the bdelloids are more likely in the former and the monogononts are more likely in the latter (Ricci, 1987, 2001).

From observation to theory with resurrected rotifers

Unlike the copepod trends, the rotifer trends closely resembled the total zooplankton treatment trends.

Zooplankton growth responses to the cyanobacteria Microcystis and Anabaena in Eagle Creek Reservoir in Indiana

Rotifer community structure and assessment of water quality in Yangcheng Lake.

How are spring zooplankton and autumn zooplankton influenced by water temperature in a polymictic lake?

For rotifers, the Ruttner-Kolisko's method (1977) was employed.

Environmental and zooplankton parameter changes during the drying of a saline shallow temporary lake in central Argentina/Cambios en el zooplancton y los parametros ambientales durante la desecacion de un lago salino temporal poco profundo en Argentina central/Mudancas nos parametros ambientais e do zooplancton durante a secagem de um lago temporario superficial salino no centro da Argentina

The effect of three strains of lactic bacteria on the production rate of rotifers, Brachionus pticatitis, and their dietary value for larval turbot, Scophthatmus maximus.

Effect of dietary supplement of probiotic (Lactobacillus plantarum) on growth performance, feed utilization and survival rate in Bocourti catfish (Pangasius bocourti Sauvage, 1880)

In marine fish hatcheries, larvae are commonly fed with live rotifers Brachionus spp.

The copepod Acartia tonsa as live feed for fat snook (Centropomus parallelus) larvae from notochord flexion to advanced metamorphosis

The rotifer Lecane bulla was prevalent in the diet of A.

Influence of Eichhornia crassipes and Lemna sp. on the natural diet of Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 in the initial stages/Influencia de Eichhornia crassipes e Lemna sp. na alimentacao natural de Astyanax altiparanae Garutti & Britski, 2000 na fase inicial

Rotifer evenness (Figure 3c) in the main channel of the Iguacu River was similar in the pre- and post-filling phases.

Continuity effects on rotifers and microcrustaceans caused by the construction of a downstream reservoir in a cascade series (Iguacu River, Brazil)/Efeitos continuos sobre rotiferos e microcrustaceos causados pela construcao de um reservatorio a jusante de uma serie em cascata, Rio Iguacu, Brasil

Rotifer density showed a positive correlation with air and water temperature, pH, turbidity and total hardness and strong positive correlation with electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS) and total alkalinity.