ADaM, an artificial freshwater for the culture of zooplankton

An artificial freshwater for the culture of zooplankton was developed. It guarantees the same successful long-term rearing of stock cultures and high fitness of the animals as natural water and has the advantages of standardization and reproducibility. It is suitable for a variety of zooplankton spe...

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Published inWater research (Oxford) Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 743 - 746
Main Authors Klüttgen, B, Dülmer, U, Engels, M, Ratte, H.T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1994
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Breeding
culture medium
Daphnia magna
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
General aspects and techniques. Study of several systematic groups. Models
Invertebrates
reproduction test
standardization
synthetic sea salt
Techniques
synthetic sea salt
standardization
reproduction test
Daphnia magna
culture medium
Culture medium
Cladocera
Fresh water
Standardization
Crustacea
Sea salt
Synthetic product
Synthetic medium
Arthropoda
Invertebrata
Branchiopoda
Rotifera
Zooplankton
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Summary:An artificial freshwater for the culture of zooplankton was developed. It guarantees the same successful long-term rearing of stock cultures and high fitness of the animals as natural water and has the advantages of standardization and reproducibility. It is suitable for a variety of zooplankton species, e.g. cladocerans, rotifers and insect larvae. This “Aachener Daphnien Medium” (ADaM) is based on synthetic sea salt and analytical grade chemicals added to deionized water. In a Daphnia magna reproduction test ADaM was compared with other synthetic media (ISO, Balk, M4). Survival and reproduction were best in M4 and ADaM.
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ISSN:0043-1354
1879-2448
DOI:10.1016/0043-1354(94)90157-0