The University of Southern Mississippi The Aquila Digital Community Master's Theses Spring 5-2007 Fecundity and Survival of the Calanoid Copepod Acartia tonsa Fed Isochrysis galeana (Tahitian Strain) and Chaetoceros mulleri Angelos Apeitos University of Southern Mississippi Follow this and additional works at: https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses Part of the Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons, and the Marine Biology Commons Recommended Citation Apeitos, Angelos, "Fecundity and Survival of the Calanoid Copepod Acartia tonsa Fed Isochrysis galeana (Tahitian Strain) and Chaetoceros mulleri" (2007). Master's Theses. 276. https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/276 This Masters Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The University of Southern Mississippi FECUNDITY AND SURVIVAL OF THE CALANOID COPEPOD ACARTIA TONSA FED ISOCHRYSIS GALEANA (TAHITIAN STRAIN) AND CHAETOCEROS MULLER! by Angelos Apeitos A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Studies Office of the University of Southern Mississippi in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science May2007 ABS1RACT FECUNDITY AND SURVIVAL OF THE CALANOID COPEPOD ACARTIA TONSA FED ISOCHRYSIS GALEANA (TAHITIAN STRAIN) AND CHAETOCEROS MULLER! Historically, red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) larviculture at the Gulf Coast Research Lab (GCRL) used 25 ppt artificial salt water and mixed, wild zooplankton composed primarily of Acartia tonsa, a calanoid copepod. Acartia tonsa was collected from the estuarine waters of Davis Bayou and bloomed in outdoor tanks from which it was harvested and fed to red sapper larvae.