Survivorship and growth of Artemia franciscana Kellogg in organically enriched Chlorella sp. cultures

To continuously aerated and illuminated Chlorella cultures. Dried sewage effluent. Brine shrimp cysts were added to each culture. Rapid growth followed, and after 13-16 days cultures were harvested. Those with 28.3 g fertilizer yielded the highest wet-weight biomass. During growth, the bacterial colony forming units/ml dropped. Since Chlorella density exceeded that removed by the brine shrimp, the greater Artemia biomass in cultures with sewage effluent present throughout growth suggests that the microbial flora may be an important food base in these communities.