Brine Shrimp Research Paper

Brine Shrimp (Artemia Salina) are crustaceans found all over the world. They are found in inland bodies of water such as Great Salt Lake, coast of San Francisco, Caspian Sea and other bodies of salt water (GSLEP). Brine Shrimp can start out as living or be born as a cyst. They will born as cyst to survive “through unfavorable conditions and then hatch when conditions are right.” Brine shrimp are able to live in some of the worst living conditions possible such as hot temperatures and high salinity levels in water. Brine Shrimp prefer their living environments to be high in salinity levels and temperature ranging from 77-86 degrees fahrenheit (Berg. 2004). Their preference of their environment goes hand in hand with my hypothesis that they like the extreme conditions, …show more content…
My hypothesis was that Brine Shrimp prefer living in extreme conditions with high temperatures and high salinity levels. my prediction was that they would like the glucose solution. The first type of food I tested was (glucose), when I dropped the solution into the water they immediately swam away from the (positive) but after a minute they started to swim towards the (positive) but the most Brine Shrimp I got in the (positive) was 2 at the 2 and 4 minute checks. The results were pretty much the same for (egg white) but they didn't swim away from the (positive) right away. The most I had in the (positive) was 2 Brine Shrimp at the 2 minute check. It looked as if they had a neutral stimulus towards the egg white. Brine Shrimp like to eat “Dunaliella are single-celled green algae”(“Brine Shrimp In The Classroom”, 2010), in the wild, which would fall under carbohydrates. In captivity Brine shrimp are usually fed yeast which would also fall under carbohydrates. My results do not really make sense due to the fact that they didn't go for the glucose solution maybe it wasn’t a high enough concentration to attract