(Terengganu: Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 2010-08) Busra Ibrahim
Recently, harpacticoid copepod has been widely explored as a good
candidate for live food in mariculture industry. However, study on tropical
harpacticoid copepod is still scarce. Thus, this project provides the initial
information on the reproductive biology of harpacticoid copepod,
Pararobertsonia sp. in laboratory condition, effects of environmental stress
(temperature, salinity and pH) on the development and development of
encystment in response towards environmental stress.