TECHNIQUE FOR THE ISOLATION OF MICROSCOPIC ALGAE SUITABLE FOR FEEDING TO SPECIFIC INVERTEBRATE LARVAE

A technique is described for extracting algal cells from the gut of wild Nassarius pauperatus larvae. These cells were subsequently cultured and proved a suitable food for Nassarius pauperatus larvae cultured in the laboratory. It is suggested that the application of this technique may supply suitable food species for many species of herbivorous zooplankton, and therefore be important aquaculturally. © 1979.