@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00004791,
 author = {HIRATA, Hachiro and NAGATA, Warren D.},
 journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University},
 month = {2016-10-28},
 note = {The excretion rates and excreted components of the rotifer, Brachionus plicatilis, cultured on the
Chlorophycean, Chlorella saccharophila, were measured under constant conditions of: 20°C, 20 ppt
salinity, and 1 klux light intensity. Analyses for: NH_4-N, urea-N, total persulfate nitrogen, and
PO_4-P were carried out on the resulting experimental water. Rotifer density, fecundity, and algal
density were examined as dependent variables. The uptake kinetics of dissolved nutrients by C.
saccharophila were also determined as a control.
Under the above conditions, B. plicatilis excretes the majority of its dissolved nitrogen as
ammonium and urea, with urea comprising almost an equal amount of the total nitrogen as
NH_4-N. The rates of excretion by B. plicatilis were found to be high in comparison to other
zooplankton excretion rates, and dependent on all the tested variables. Thus, B. plicatilis most likely
plays a very important role in the cycling of nutrients in both natural and artificial ecosystems.},
 pages = {161--174},
 title = {Excretion Rates and Excreted components of the Rotifer Brachionus plicatilis O.F. MULLER in Culture},
 volume = {31},
 year = {}
}