@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00007816, author = {HIRATA, Hachiro and USHIRO, Masakazu and HIRATA, Ikuo}, 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 ecologiacl succession of Chlorella saccharophila, Brachionus plicatilis, and autogenous bacteria in culture water was observed for the purpose of analyzing their microcosms and to determine the dietary efficiency of bacteria for the culture of B. plicatilis. B. plicatilis were fed C. saccharophila by using 3 l flasks at the beginning of the experiments. Several species of bacteria were observed to grow autogenously in the cultured water. Population densities of C. saccharophila, B. plicatilis, and autogenous bacteria were monitored daily. The behaviour of autogenous bacteria was closely observed by the introduction of BGA (bacterial growth ability). BGA was determined by measuring turbidity of population growth of autogenous bacteria which were sampled from the water and cultured in flasks. Ecological succession in the flasks were clearly found in each observation. B. plicatilis preferably consumed C. saccharophila during the first few days. Population density of autogenous bacteria gradually decreased after C. saccharophila were consumed. Moreover bacterial density increased again when the population density of B. plicatilis finally decreased.}, pages = {153--160}, title = {Ecological Succession of Chlorella saccharophila, Brachionus plicatilis, and Autogenous Bacteria in Culture Water}, volume = {31}, year = {} }