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Teach Aquaculture Curriculum: Dancing with Brine Shrimp

Elisa J. Livengood, Cortney L. Ohs, Amber L. Garr, R. Leroy Creswell, Carlos V. Martinez, Craig S. Kasper, Brian E. Myers, and Frank A. Chapman


Release Date: 4/26/2018

Reviewed At: 10/1/2024

DOI: 10.32473/edis-fa176-2010

Agriculture

Abstract

Brine shrimp live in and are harvested primarily from natural salt lakes and solar salt operations around the world. Two natural sources of brine shrimp in the United States are the Great Salt Lake in Utah and San Francisco Bay in California. Adult brine shrimp are also called "sea monkeys" and are used for entertainment or to feed aquarium fish. Brine shrimp can be used to observe, control, and manipulate a life cycle under laboratory conditions during a period of less than 2 weeks. They can be

About this Publication

This document is FA176, one of a series of the School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 2010. Revised December 2011 and March 2018. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

About the Authors

Elisa J. Livengood, assistant professor, School of Agriculture, Sustainability, Business and Entrepreneurship, State University of New York Morrisville; Cortney L. Ohs, assistant professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center; Amber L. Garr, research associate, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University Center for Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement; R. LeRoy Creswell, Florida Sea Grant regional Extension agent; Carlos V. Martinez, assistant in Extension, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Craig S. Kasper, aquaculture program manager, Hillsborough Community College; Brian E. Myers, associate professor, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication; and Frank A. Chapman, associate professor, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Program in Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Livengood, E. J., Ohs, C. L., Garr, A. L., Creswell, R. L., Martinez, C. V., Kasper, C. S., Myers, B. E., & Chapman, F. A. (2010). Teach Aquaculture Curriculum: Dancing with Brine Shrimp. EDIS, 2010(5). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fa176-2010

Authors

R. LeRoy Creswell
R. LeRoy Creswell

former Extension program manager(deceased), Florida Sea Grant

Frank Chapman
Frank Chapman

associate professor (retired), aquaculture, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program

Cortney Ohs
Cortney Ohs
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor and Florida Sea Grant aquaculture specialist, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Extension Center

Carlos Martinez
Carlos Martinez
external
University of Florida

former assistant-in, ornamental aquaculture extension, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program, UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Lab, Ruskin, FL

Craig Kasper
Craig Kasper
external
Brian Myers
Brian Myers
Specialist
University of Florida

professor and chair, Department of Agricultural Education and Communication, Gainesville, FL

Contacts

Eric Cassiano
Eric Cassiano
Specialist
University of Florida

Extension associate scientist, UF/IFAS Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences, Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Program

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