NATURAL
PREDATORS OF ARTEMIA
From:
Richard Lebovitz biojuris@ureach.com
To:
Artemia Characterization artemia-l@email.sparklist.com
Sent:
05 December 2000
QUESTION:
I
am looking for references that identify natural predators (not parasites,
such as bacteria, but organisms which feed naturally on them), if any, of
Artemia.
Richard
Lebowitz
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COMMENTS 1:
Artemia's
ability to survive is its adaptation to salinities higher than
predators can stand. However, there are aquatic Hemiptera such as the
Corixidae that predate Artemia in their natural and un-natural environments
such as salt ponds. These Corixids grasp and hold the Artemia while
they pierce their gut and suck out bodily fluids. When they release
the Artemia, the Artemia are alive but die shortly after. Of course
Artemia's greatest predator are aquatic birds.
Howard W. Newman
Desert Lake Technologies, LLC
E-mail: Bshrimp@aol.com
URL : www.desertlake.com