ARTEMIA CYSTS OF THE ALTAI TERRITORY - THE BASIS OF RUSSIAN BIOMATERIALS

Abstract

The present report presents the results of complex long-term hydrobiological studies, the production of starter feeds (brine shrimp cysts) for aqua- and mariculture from hypersaline lakes of the Altai Territory, which includes cyst preparation during the summer-autumn period, primary cleaning of biological raw materials, activation of raw cysts and their drying. At the same time, the hatching of brine shrimp cysts is controlled, which is a key condition for obtaining high-quality starter feeds with 80-90 % hatching. The factors that determine the development of brine shrimp are given and differentiated into internal and external. Critical points of the water mineralization value in hypersaline lakes for brine shrimp populations of the Altai Territory are determined as 30-340 ‰. On the basis of the long-term monitoring of hypersaline lakes, the zone with optimal water mineralization for brine shrimp is determined as 70-200 ‰.