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JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH | VOLUME 9 | NUMBER 6 | PAGES 1217-1223 | 1987
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Culturing freshwater, planktonic rotifers on Rhodomonas minuta var. nannoplanctica Skuja and Stichococcus bacillaris Nägeli

Linda May

Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Bush Estate, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0QB, UK

Received on March 22, 1987; accepted on August 8, 1987 Eleven freshwater, planktonic rotifer species (Brachionus angularis, Brachionus cafyciflorus, Keratella quadrata, Nolholca squamula, Ascomorpha ecattdis, Synchaeta kitina, Synchaela tremula, Potyarthra dolichoptera, Polyanhra vulgarii, Pompholyx sulcata, Filinia brachiata) were cultured successfully on either Rhodomonas minuta var. nannoplanctica Skuja or Stichococcus bacillaris Nägeli, in a totally synthetic medium. Three of these species had not previously been kept in laboratory culture. The method is proposed as a simple technique for the routine batch culture of a variety of planktonic rotifer species. Some important observations on handling techniques, incubation temperature, culture vessels and media are discussed.


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