Production Assessment of Artemia franciscana (Imported Species) with the Local Species of Ghom Province Artemia Pond Culture at the Coast of Ghom Province (Iran) Namak Lake
Journal: Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology
Year: 2017

Artemia is a Crustacean of Artemidae family, whose importance has been realized as of year 1930 in the field of aquaculture as live food source. Whereas under current global conditions, Artemia cannot be harvested from its natural habitats, today growing the same is deemed as one of the main approaches to achieve such species, as the environmental and genetic factors as well as type of Artemia directly affect the growing of this species. In this study, 2 species of local Artemia from Ghom Provin