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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Relationships between mixis in Brachionus plicatilis and preconditioning of culture medium by crowding

Manuel SerraMaría José CarmonaMaria Rosa Miracle

subject

Mass cultureEcologyCrowding effectZoologyBiologyBrachionusbiology.organism_classificationCrowding

description

Several experiments with Brachionus plicatilis have been conducted to test the existence of chemical-mediated induction of mixis. In a first experimental set, bioassays were used to test relationships between preconditioning of culture medium to high population density and the occurrence of mixis in mass cultures with these media. The results show that a preconditioned medium has inducing properties that are comparable to the crowding effect.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
1993-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1606-0_19