ARTEMIA PRODUCTIVITY IN NATURE
From: Jerome.hussenot@ifremer.fr
To: Artemia Characterization Artemia-l@email.sparklist.com
Sent: 11 February 2002
QUESTION:
I would like to know the natural productivity of
various sites in kg/hectare/year/ of saltpans, salty lakes of Artemia by
distinguishing biomass and cysts. Could you supply me with data or with
bibliographical references to this subject?
I work with a Tunisian researcher on the stimulation by mineral
fertilization of microalgae-Artemia in saltworks in Tunisia.
Jerome Hussenot
IFREMER-La Rochelle
France
e-mail : Jerome.hussenot@ifremer.fr
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COMMENTS
1 :
Are you referring to salt lakes or to salt ponds?
Artemia naturally (now) occurs in both and there are infinite numbers
of criteria that will determine production capabilities. The Artemia
Reference Center at the University of Ghent, Belgium will have the most
available literature on this subject.
Howard W. Newman
Desert Lake Technologies, LLC
URL: http://www.desertlake.com
e-mail: hwnewman@desertlake.com
bshrimp@aol.com
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COMMENTS
2:
Please, enter to www.red-arpe.cl
and go into "Grupos de trabajo". In this window you find
"contribuciones de expertos". Click
in "Artemia y su cultivo en el Perú". You
can download the document completely and will find your inquiring.
Facultad de Acuicultura y Cs. Veterinarias
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Campus Norte s/n
Casilla 15-D
Temuco - CHILE
Tel. 56-45-205514
Fax. 56-45-258898
e-mail: isalgado@uct.cl
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COMMENTS 3:
Sorry to let you know that there are not much data
available in the literature; huge variation in Artemia production as a
function of phytoplankton productivity; biomass harvests from 10 to 100s of
kg (wet weight) per ha per month, cyst production up to 10s of kg (dry
weight) per ha per month. Of course much higher yields can be achieved in
fertilized systems.
For more information see www.fao.org/DOCREP/003/W3732E/W3732E00.HTM
Prof. Dr. Patrick Sorgeloos
Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Ghent University
Rozier 44, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
tel +32-9-2643754; fax +32-9-2644193 (or +32-55-302871)
e-mail (internet) patrick.sorgeloos@rug.ac.be
or
patrick.sorgeloos@pandora.be
www homepage: http://www.rug.ac.be/aquaculture