| The use of the Rotifer Brachionus plicatilis has spread for a few years in the laboratories dealing with the rearing of marine fish larvae. Thanks to the works by Theilacker and Mac Master (1971) in the U.S.A., and by Hirayama and Ogawa (1972) and Hirayama and Kusano (1972) in Japan, the conditions to follow to rear large quantities are well-known. The common method used consists of placing a Rotifer inoculum in a mono or plurispecific culture of planktonic algae ("green water"), in leaving them to multiply exponentially at the expense of the alga, and to use them before they run out of food. [...] |
