Discussion:
The purpose of this experiment was to observe the effects that salinity content had on the possible hatching successes of brine shrimp nauplii. It was also used in order to find the optimal salinity content and if that content was of high concentration, or that of a lower concentration. It was predicted that the Artemia spp would be much more positively affected, with higher percentages of live nauplii hatchings, in the water containing the lower amount of salinity content. The possible reason that Artemia spp hatch better in the water containing the lower amount of salinity being the fact that brine shrimp often hatch between March and May when the fresh water inflow is at its highest.
The results obtained throughout this experiment due in fact support the hypothesis and therefore the hypothesis is accepted that brine shrimp nauplii prefer water when hatching that has a lower salinity content to that of which is higher. These results show a significant difference in the sheer number of live brine shrimp hatchings including the mean percentage of treatment A being 54.65% hatching success. Whereas Treatment B had a 34.49% hatching success, and Treatment B had only a 26.88% hatching success. Meaning that Treatment A had the best percentage of hatching success followed closely by Treatment B only differing by a mere 20.16%. …show more content…
However, these studies show that the optimal salinity content ranges more between 2-5 ppt (Atashbar, Behroz, Naser Agh, Gilbert Stappen, Johan Mertens, and Lynda Beladjal, 2014). Which means that the data that was collected in this experiment could have been compromised in some way. Allowing the data that I had collected to differ from that of data collected in similar
The purpose of this experiment was to observe the effects that salinity content had on the possible hatching successes of brine shrimp nauplii. It was also used in order to find the optimal salinity content and if that content was of high concentration, or that of a lower concentration. It was predicted that the Artemia spp would be much more positively affected, with higher percentages of live nauplii hatchings, in the water containing the lower amount of salinity content. The possible reason that Artemia spp hatch better in the water containing the lower amount of salinity being the fact that brine shrimp often hatch between March and May when the fresh water inflow is at its highest.
The results obtained throughout this experiment due in fact support the hypothesis and therefore the hypothesis is accepted that brine shrimp nauplii prefer water when hatching that has a lower salinity content to that of which is higher. These results show a significant difference in the sheer number of live brine shrimp hatchings including the mean percentage of treatment A being 54.65% hatching success. Whereas Treatment B had a 34.49% hatching success, and Treatment B had only a 26.88% hatching success. Meaning that Treatment A had the best percentage of hatching success followed closely by Treatment B only differing by a mere 20.16%. …show more content…
However, these studies show that the optimal salinity content ranges more between 2-5 ppt (Atashbar, Behroz, Naser Agh, Gilbert Stappen, Johan Mertens, and Lynda Beladjal, 2014). Which means that the data that was collected in this experiment could have been compromised in some way. Allowing the data that I had collected to differ from that of data collected in similar