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... Cryptic species are increasingly being recognized in many organisms. In Brachionus rotifers, many morphologically similar yet genetically distinct species/biotypes have been described. A number of Brachionus cryptic species have been recognized among hatchery strains. In this study, we present a simple, one-step genetic method to detect the presence of those Brachionus sp. rotifers that have been ...
Acartia tonsa; Artemia; Brachionus plicatilis; Panagrolaimus; Tisbe; digestibility; digestion; fish culture; fish feeds; fish larvae; live feeds; muscles; nutrients; nutritive value; pharynx; proteolysis; rearing; teeth; trypsin
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... When evaluating live prey for the successful rearing of fish larvae, general availability and nutritional quality of the prey are mainly in the major focus. However, the digestibility of prey items is also crucial as it directly affects the accessibility of the nutrients inside the prey item. Harpacticoid copepods, as well as nematodes, are considered as potential live feed for fish larvae but the ...
... This study provides the first analysis of genome size diversity in Monogonont rotifers. Measurements were made using flow cytometry, with Drosophila melanogaster and chicken erythrocytes as internal standards. Nuclear DNA content (“2C”—assuming diploid genomes) in eight different species of four different genera ranged almost fourfold, from 0.12 to 0.46 pg. A comparison with previously published v ...
Brachionus; Copepoda; acids; diet; fish larvae; iodides; iodine; linear models; macroalgae; marine fish; metamorphosis; sodium; temperature; thymol
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... Iodine is an important micronutrient for the marine fish metamorphosis and rotifers contain relatively low amounts of iodine compared to copepods, the main natural prey for marine fish larvae. In previous studies, rotifers were enriched with iodine from NaI. However, this source of iodine is poorly retained in rotifers during storage. In the present study rotifers were enriched (3h) with graded le ...
Brachionus; ascorbic acid; fish culture; fish feeds; fish larvae; iodine; live feeds; marine fish; nutrient content; nutrient requirements; retinyl palmitate; seed oils; thiamin; vitamin A; vitamin E; wild fish
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... Brachionus “Cayman” is a widely used live feed organism in fish larvae culture. Our previous studies indicate that these live feeds may not fulfill the nutritional requirement of marine fish larvae. The present study aimed to enrich rotifers with the micronutrients thiamine, vitamins C, A, and E, and iodine up to the levels found in copepods, the feed for fish larvae in the wild. Various levels of ...
... We examined the tolerance of the monogonont rotifer Brachionus koreanus in response to gamma radiation. In order to determine the median lethal dose (LD50) of rotifers against gamma radiation, we irradiated B. koreanus with gamma rays from 0 to 7000 grays (Gy). The LD50s were 2900 and 2300 Gy at 24 h (LD50-24 h) and 96 h (LD50-96 h) after irradiation, respectively. In addition, the no observed eff ...
Won Eun-Ji; Kim Ryeo-Ok; Kang Hye-Min; Kim Hui-Su; Hwang Dae-Sik; Han Jeonghoon; Lee Young Hwan; Hwang Un-Ki; Zhou Bingsheng; Lee Su-Jae; Lee Jae-Seong
... To examine the deleterious effects of the water accommodated fraction (WAF) of crude oil, the growth curve, fecundity, and lifespan of the monogonont rotifer (Brachionus koreanus) were measured for 24 h in response to three different doses (0.2×, 0.4×, and 0.8×) of WAFs. A higher dose of WAFs significantly reduced the fecundity and lifespan. A rotifer 32K microarray chip showed that the Bk-CYP3045 ...
... 2,2′,4,4′-Tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47) is widely dispersed endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the aquatic ecosystem. Due to its devastating effect on marine organisms and insufficient database on toxicology, we investigated the adverse effects of BDE-47 on life parameters and antioxidant defense system following the reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in the monogonont rotifer Brac ...
... To evaluate the adverse effects of MeHg on the rotifer Brachionus koreanus and the copepod Paracyclopina nana, we assessed the effects of MeHg toxicity on life parameters (e.g. growth retardation and fecundity), antioxidant systems, and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways at various concentrations (1ng/L, 10ng/L, 100ng/L, 500ng/L, and 1000ng/L). MeHg exposure resulted in the ...
... To determine the effects of tributyltin (TBT) upon multiple exposures of diet and microplastic in rotifer, in vivo life parameters were measured. In 10 μg/L TBT-exposed rotifer, the 1 and 0.5 x diet groups resulted in reproduction reduction. However, 10 x diet treatment showed no significant changes in the total fecundity, despite a decrease in daily reproduction. Besides, differences in the lifes ...
Brachionus; Cladophora; Daphnia; Planktothrix; Spirogyra; Synedra; active ingredients; dose response; human health; hydrogen; hydrogen peroxide; longevity; microcystins; phytoplankton; ponds; sodium carbonate; tanks; toxicity; water quality; zooplankton
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... Cyanobacterial blooms and their associated toxins are growing issues for many aquatic resources, and pose a major threat to human health and ecological welfare. To control cyanobacterial blooms and their toxins, the efficacy of a newly developed granular compound (sodium carbonate peroxyhydrate ‘SCP’, trade name ‘PAK® 27’ algaecide) containing hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as the active ingredient was ...
Brachionus; females; models; parthenogenesis; population density; progeny
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... Sex in some cyclically parthenogenetic rotifers is triggered when a threshold population density is achieved. In Brachionus, accumulation of a mixis-inducing protein (MIP) that the rotifers excrete into the medium is the proximal signal. Models explicitly accounting for MIP dynamics suggest that either (1) a positive feedback of MIP concentration on MIP production or (2) a switching relationship b ...
... The aim of the study was to determine the toxicity of the extract obtained from the cyanobacterial cells derived from the waters of Zemborzycki dam reservoir with use of a battery of biotests. The taxonomic identification of the bloom-forming cyanobacteria revealed high abundance of Aphanizomenon flos-aquae and Dolichospermum spp. (Anabaena spp.) and in a lower degree of Microcystis aeruginosa and P ...
... Scylla tranquebarica is an edible portunid crab with high commercial value. To develop hatchery techniques for juvenile production, the feeding requirements of the larvae were investigated. Experiments were carried out to identify food preferences, feeding schedule and optimum prey density. Larval diets of rotifer Brachionus sp, brine shrimp Artemia sp nauplii, and a combination of both were provi ...
... Rotifers are major components of zooplankton in freshwater and coastal marine ecosystems throughout the world and could be useful indicator species, providing valuable insight into the effects of nanoparticles on microinvertebrate grazers. Here we report initial efforts to characterize the immediate and longer-term effects of nanoparticle exposure on the reproduction of the coastal marine and salt ...
Brachionus; DNA; clones; cytochrome-c oxidase; genes; genetic markers; haplotypes; hatcheries; microsatellite repeats; mitochondria; population growth; sexual reproduction
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... In this study, we identify clones of S-type rotifers Brachionus koreanus based on haplotypes of mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) and microsatellite DNA genotypes. We then study how clonal diversity affects the population growth of rotifers in a mass culture at a hatchery using a lot of B. koreanus rotifers for analysis. Microsatellite DNA markers were also developed to ide ...
... Triphenyltin (TPT) often coexists with tributyltin (TBT) and Cu in coastal waters worldwide. The combined toxic effect of TPT and TBT has always been assumed to be additive without any scientific proof, and the combined effect of Cu and TPT on marine organisms has not been vigorously studied. This study, therefore, investigated the acute toxicity of binary mixture of TPT/Cu and TPT/TBT to five sel ...
... The study aims to ascertain the hypothesis on the rich rotifer biodiversity of the floodplain lakes (beels) of the Brahmaputra river basin and to use these metazoans to assess trophic status or to characterize habitat variations of wetlands. The plankton samples collected from four beels of lower Assam revealed 160 Rotifera species belonging to 35 genera and 19 families. The richness is of biodive ...
Brachionus; biodiversity; ecosystems; lakes; rivers; surveys; temperature; trophic levels; water quality; zooplankton; China
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... River-lake system is the framework of the “sponge city”, tackling urban water problems of flooding. Rotifers, an essential zooplankton component of water ecosystems, are sensitive to environmental changes. However, the utility of rotifers as indicators of water quality in urban river-lake ecosystems is still unclear. We investigated the response of rotifer community to environmental factors and ev ...
Brachionus; Cladocera; Copepoda; Monogononta; basins; invertebrates; monitoring; zooplankton; Lake Erie
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... Several species of non-indigenous planktonic invertebrates have historically been introduced to the Laurentian Great Lakes. Previous introductions of non-indigenous planktonic invertebrates to the Great Lakes have been crustacean zooplankton, specifically Cladocera and Copepoda. This report documents the first known occurrence of Brachionus leydigii var. tridentatus (Zernov, 1901) in Lake Erie and ...
Artemia; Brachionus; Ceriodaphnia dubia; Crystallaria; absorption; cannibalism; captive animals; eggs; females; fish; larvae; life history; males; neonates; powdered foods; rare species; rivers; sand; spawning; teeth; water temperature; yolk sac; West Virginia
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... Reproductive biology and early life history data are critical for the conservation and management of rare fishes. During 2008–2012 a captive propagation study was conducted on the Diamond Darter, Crystallaria cincotta, a rare species with a single extant population in the lower Elk River, West Virginia. Water temperatures during spawning ranged from 11.1–23.3 C. Females and males spawned with quic ...
... The dwarf hawkfish, Cirrhitichthys falco is one of the popular species in the aquarium trade. However, the limited breeding resources nowadays available represent a clear limitation towards the rearing of this species. The aim of this study was to report the successful results on natural spawning of C. falco, a description of embryonic and larval development stages and appropriate rearing conditio ...
... 1. We examined an important ecophysiological link between the mixotrophic flagellate Chlamydomonas acidophila and its consumers, the rotifers Elosa worallii, Cephalodella sp. and Brachionus sericus, by comparing their fatty acid profiles. 2. The mixotrophic flagellate was grown under either exclusively autotrophic conditions in the light, under exclusively heterotrophic conditions in the dark with ...
Brachionus patulus; Chlorella vulgaris; adverse effects; confidence interval; demography; eggs; fecundity; heavy metals; lead; lethal concentration 50; life tables; longevity; population density; population growth; progeny; reproductive performance; sediments; survival rate; turbidity
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... We studied the response of Brachionus patulus to different concentrations of the heavy metal Pb in the presence and absence of sediments. We conducted acute (LC₅₀) and chronic (life table demography and population growth) toxicity tests using sediment levels of 0, 30 and 280 mg l-¹ (=0, 17 and 170 NTU) and Pb at 0, 0.06 and 0.6 mg l-¹. Experiments were conducted at 20 ± 1°C on a horizontal shaker ...
Brachionus; biogeography; community structure; lakes; pollution load; species diversity; water temperature; China
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... Worldwide, there have been few comparative studies on rotifer communities in subtropical lakes. We studied changes in rotifer community structure over 1 year and its relationship to several physicochemical variables in five subtropical shallow lakes in East China, covering a nutrient gradient from mesotrophy to moderate eutrophy. In these lakes, the genera Brachionus, Lecane, and Trichocerca domin ...
... This is the first study to analyze the whole-genome sequence of B. manjavacas Australian (Aus.) strain through combination of Oxford Nanopore long-read seq, resulting in a total length of 108.1 Mb and 75 contigs. Genome-wide detoxification related gene families in B. manjavacas Aus. strain were comparatively analyzed with those previously identified in other Brachionus spp., including B. manjavaca ...
... Salinity is a significant factor in affecting resting egg hatching in the euryhaline rotifers. In order to clarify the effects of salinity on resting egg hatchability, this study investigated gene expressions of resting eggs subjected to two different incubation salinities (at 17 and 33 ppt) in the rotifer Brachionus manjavacas. The resting eggs formed at 17 ppt showed a higher hatching rate at 17 ...
Brachionus; arthropods; image analysis; mammals; progesterone; receptors; reproduction; sexual behavior; signal transduction; steroids
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... Steroids play fundamental roles regulating mammalian reproduction and development. Although sex steroids and their receptors are well characterized in vertebrates and several arthropod invertebrates, little is known about the hormones and receptors regulating reproduction in other invertebrate species. Evolutionary insights into ancient endocrine pathways can be gained by elucidating the hormones ...
... DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) are an enzyme family that catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group to DNA for a wide variety of biological functions. To determine whether the number and composition of the Dnmt gene family affects the 5-methylcytosine (5mc) ratio at the genome level, genome-wide 5mc ratios from three marine animals, the mangrove killifish (Kryptolebias marmoratus), an intertidal cop ...
Brachionus; Cladocera; Mesocyclops; Ostracoda; alkalinity; calcium; cluster analysis; community structure; correspondence analysis; environmental management; food webs; freshwater; habitats; hardness; magnesium; monitoring; phosphates; turbidity; water quality; water temperature; wetlands; zooplankton; India
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... The zooplankton assemblage of selected wetlands of Assam, India was assessed to deduce the structural variation in the context of water quality parameters. A two year study between 2012 and 2014 comprising of 530 samples from the five wetlands revealed the presence of 46 taxa, 26 Rotifera, 15 Cladocera, 4 Copepoda and 1 Ostracoda, in varying density. The rotifers dominated in terms of abundance (4 ...
Brachionus; Paracyclopina nana; Tigriopus japonicus; Western blotting; antibodies; carbon nanotubes; ecotoxicology; epitopes; genes; invertebrates; mammals; mitogen-activated protein kinase; petroleum; phylogeny; plastics; pollutants; signal transduction; water pollution
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... The mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) family is known to mediate various biological processes in response to diverse environmental pollutants. Although MAPKs are well characterized and studied in vertebrates, in invertebrates the cross-reactivities of MAPKs antibodies were not clearly known in response to environmental pollutants due to limited information of antibody epitopes with materia ...
Brachionus; Copepoda; DNA barcoding; DNA libraries; Daphnia; algorithms; barcoding; cytochrome-c oxidase; ecosystems; haplotypes; lakes; mitochondria; monitoring; zooplankton; Japan
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... Although DNA barcoding is a promising tool for the identification of organisms, it requires the development of a specific reference sequence library for sample application. In the present study we developed a Lake Kasumigaura, Japan, zooplankton DNA barcode library to increase the sensitivity of future zooplankton monitoring for detecting lake ecosystem condition changes. Specifically, the mitocho ...
Brachionus; Nannochloropsis; algae; aquaculture; fecundity; life history; life tables; longevity; neonates; population growth; salinity; sediments; shrimp; survival rate; tanks
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... We isolated the rotifers Brachionus ibericus and Proales similis from the sediment of shrimp tanks and studied their individual demographic characters and competition between them at two food levels (0.25 × 10⁶, 1.00 × 10⁶ cells ml⁻¹ of Nannochloropsis oculata at 25 °C) and salinities ranging from 10 to 30‰. Our hypothesis was that growth rates would be higher with increasing food levels and salin ...
live feeds; Rotifera; zooplankton; mitochondrial DNA; ribosomal RNA; genetic variation; polymerase chain reaction; fish culture; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
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... Many zooplanktonic organisms, like the cyclic parthenogenetic rotifer Brachionus plicatilis (Rotifera: Monogononta), are actually a complex of species and biotypes with a high degree of morphological similarity (i.e. cryptic species). Various phylogenetic studies with molecular markers (e.g. ITS1 and COI) on wild Brachionus populations described the presence of at least nine genetically divergent ...
... As the popularity of marine aquaria grows, the potential exists for increased harvest of marine ornamental fishes and invertebrates from the oceans around the world. Aquaculture may be an alternative source to wild capture fisheries if commercial production protocols can be developed for species of interest, however numerous impediments must be overcome. Experiments were conducted on the reef butt ...
Brachionus; Moina; aquatic plants; carp; correspondence analysis; ecosystems; environmental monitoring; habitats; marshes; species diversity; vegetation; water quality; zooplankton; Great Lakes
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... Recent interest in biological monitoring as an ecosystem assessment tool has stimulated the development of a number of biotic indices designed to aid in the evaluation of ecosystem integrity; however, zooplankton have rarely been included in biomonitoring schemes. We developed a wetland zooplankton index (WZI) based on water quality and zooplankton associations with aquatic vegetation (emergent, s ...
Brachionus; kairomones; life history; population growth; predation; progeny
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... In the presence of the predatory rotifer Asplanchna, some Brachionus and Keratella species develop inducible morphological, behavioral, and life history defenses that enable prey to survive predation pressure. However, whether clones belonging to the same rotifer species but with different behaviors (attached and free-swimming) exhibit divergent responses in morphology and life history remains lar ...
Brachionus; Monogononta; amplified fragment length polymorphism; clones; eggs; gene flow; genome; hybrids; males; parents; population growth; population structure; progeny; reproductive isolation
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... Genome size in the rotifer Brachionus asplanchnoidis, which belongs to the B. plicatilis species complex, is greatly enlarged and extremely variable (205–407 Mbp). Such variation raises the question whether large genome size differences among individuals might cause reproductive barriers, which could trigger speciation within this group by restricting gene flow across populations. To test this hyp ...
... The dynamics of zooplankton herbivores in Lake Valencia, Venezuela, were studied over a 5—yr interval. Lake Valencia is a large, warm—monomictic, eutrophic lake. Copepods were the dominant group; rotifers were more abundant than the cladocerans, which were not present in all years. Variation between years in herbivore biomass bore no statistical relationship to patterns in algal biomass. The avera ...
... To date, a single lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-α factor (LITAF) homologue, mediating the expression of inflammatory cytokines including TNF-α in terms of host defense was identified in vertebrates and most invertebrates such as insects, mollusks, and crustaceans. However, LITAF gene family members have recently been characterized in only two mollusks, Crassostrea gigas and Mytilus galloprovincia ...
... This study aimed to investigate the effect of imidacloprid on structural (invertebrates and primary producers) and functional (organic matter decomposition and physicochemical parameters) characteristics of tropical freshwaters using acute single species and mesocosm studies performed in Ethiopia. The recovery of affected endpoints was also studied by using a mesocosm study period of 21 weeks. Our ...
... The biomagnification of metals (Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Pb and Zn) and the metalloid As in aquatic systems is a global health concern. In this study, concentrations of fatty acid biomarkers in zooplankton were analyzed from the Pearl River, South China between September 2016 and July 2017. The objective was to examine how particulate matter, algae and bacteria food sources affect metal bioaccumula ...
... Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs; EC 2.5.1.18) are major enzymes that function in Phase II detoxification reactions by catalyzing the conjugation of reduced glutathione through cysteine thiol. In this study, we cloned and sequenced four GST genes from the monogonont rotifer Brachionus koreanus. The domain regions of four Bk-GSTs showed a high similarity to those of other species. In addition, to e ...
... One of the major challenges in marine fish culture is how to provide live food of adequate size and nutritional quality for firstâfeeding larvae. Commonly used live food organisms, rotifers and brine shrimp, may not always be the best option. To determine the suitability of different zooplankton in the larviculture of Elacatinus figaro, three diets were tested: RE â rotifers Brachionus sp. (10 ...
Brachionus; diet; fatty acid composition; fiberglass; fish larvae; live feeds; marine fish; phosphatidylcholines; phosphatidylethanolamines; starvation; unsaturated fatty acids
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... An increasing number of studies suggest that DHA associated with dietary phospholipid (PL) is better metabolically available for fish larvae. Knowledge on how to increase DHA levels in the major PL classes of the live feed is needed. Brachionus Cayman was cultured in conical fibreglass vessels, enriched with commonly used commercial diet Multigain or DHA Selco (DSelco) in flat bottom vessels at 20 ...
Argyrosomus; fish culture; animal growth; stocking rate; lipid content; fatty acid composition; live feeds; Artemia; Rotifera; fish larvae; protein content; fish feeding
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... This paper summarizes results from two comparative studies of the effect of initial larval density and feeding sequence on meagre (Argyrosomus regius) rearing trials. To determine the density effect, two initial larval densities of 50 larvae L⁻ ¹ and 100 larvae L⁻ ¹ were established. For each larval density, three feeding sequences were tested, applying different combinations of rotifers (Brachion ...
... The development of strategies to improve the quality and to optimize the costs of rotifer production for fish larval feeding, particularly those related to microalgal supply, are highly desirable. In the present work, three different rations (80,000, 130,000 or 200,000 cells rotifer−1) of Nannochloropsis gaditana were assessed as enrichment diets for the marine rotifer Brachionus sp. The microalga ...
Brachionus; eggs; fecundity; pH; population growth; survival rate; viability
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... In the laboratory we examined the effect of pH (5-10 with one interval) on survival, reproduction, egg viability and growth rate (intrinsic growth rate--r m and population growth rate--r) of five Brachionus rotifer species (B. calyciflorus, B. quadridentatus, B. urceolaris, B. patulus and B. angularis). The pH was shown to exert a major influence on egg viability and growth rate (r m and r) for ea ...
... Pharmaceuticals are widely used in human and veterinary medicine. However, they are emerging as a significant contaminant in aquatic environments through wastewater. Due to the persistent and accumulated properties of pharmaceuticals via the food web, their potential harmful effects on aquatic animals are a great concern. In this study, we investigated the effects of six pharmaceuticals: acetamino ...
Brachionus; acute toxicity; adverse effects; arsenic; chronic toxicity; euryhaline species; life tables; marine pollution; population growth; salinity; temperature
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... Several abiotic factors influence the ecological responses of aquatic invertebrates to metal toxicity. We examined the effect of salinity (10, 20, and 30 psu) and temperature (25 and 32 °C) on acute and chronic arsenic (As) toxicity to the euryhaline rotifers, Proales similis and Brachionus ibericus. In general, higher salinities and low temperature resulted in lower arsenic toxicity. The populati ...