Int. J. of Aquatic Science 2008-8019 1 1 2010 04 01 Intensive culture of Artemia urmiana in semi-flow through system feeding on Algae Dunaliella and Wheat bran 3 9 EN Behrooz Atashbar Naser Agh Ehsan Kmerani Artemia is a tiny crustacean that lives in salty lakes. Artemia urmiana is one of the important species of it. Its high nutritional values and various forms with many applications have caused this creature to be considered as the most valuable live food for the cultured aquatic animals .Current research was carried out in order to find out the bio-technique for intensive culture of Artemia with semi-flow through system using unicellular algae ( Dunaliella ) and wheat bran as food source. The tanks inoculated with 5000 newly hatched Artemia larvae/liter. Artemia were harvested for 14 days. The average production of live Artemia in each three tanks reached to 7116.7 g. The mean length of Artemia in the last day of culture period was 4.09 mm and mean survival rate 42 percent. It was concluded that partial removal of waste material from culture medium helps in higher production rate of live biomass. Artemia urmiana,Dunaliella,Urmia Lake,survival,growth http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73587.html http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73587_ccc9c513466b37c9bb1bbaae169fa6c1.pdf

Int. J. of Aquatic Science 2008-8019 1 1 2010 04 01 Different salinities effect on biometry of nauplii and meta-nauplii of two Artemia (Crustacea; Anostraca) populations from Urmia Lake basin 10 13 EN Alireza Asem Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73586.html http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73586_8b1e1e578b8ac8255363c70ae7812d42.pdf

Int. J. of Aquatic Science 2008-8019 1 1 2010 04 01 A 200,000-year record of the brine shrimp Artemia (Crustacea: Anostraca) remains in Lake Urmia, NW Iran 14 18 EN Morteza Djamali Philippe Ponel Thomas Delille Alain Thiéry Alireza Asem Valérie Andrieu-Ponel Jacques-Louis de Beaulieu Hamid Lahijani Majid Shah-Hosseini Abdolhossein Amini Lora Stevens http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73588.html http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73588_f633276fb994f1d5f3b37944c5ff261b.pdf

Int. J. of Aquatic Science 2008-8019 1 1 2010 04 01 The Brine Shrimp Artemia and hypersaline environments microalgal composition: a mutual interaction 19 27 EN Fereidun Mohebbi Hypersaline environments are essential, integral and dynamic part of the biosphere. Their management and protection depend on an understanding of the influence of salinity on biological productivity and community structure. The aim of this study was to review the relationships between the two basic biological components of hypersaline environments (micro-algae and Artemia) to provide a better understanding the dynamics of these unique ecosystems. Algal composition as the main food source of Artemia determines Artemia growth, reproduction rates, brood size, density, lipid index and cysts yields. Furthermore, the reproduction mode of Artemia depends on food levels, so that at the low food levels the main reproduction going into cysts. On the other hand, seasonal fluctu-ations of algal abundance influence Artemia population in temperate large hypersaline lakes such as the Great Salt Lake (USA), Urmia Lake (Iran) and Mono Lake (USA). However, Artemia grazing pressure has significant effects on microalgal density. Artemia,hypersaline,microalgal composition,Dunaliella http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73589.html http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73589_769d55e750f0bc2b49e63fa33c08e114.pdf

Int. J. of Aquatic Science 2008-8019 1 1 2010 04 01 The status knowledge of Chilean Artemia populations: Future trends for studies and management 28 30 EN Patricio De los Rios http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73590.html http://www.journal-aquaticscience.com/article_73590_6e512134fe69477ed1f1ec875191d27f.pdf