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A fish hatchery is a place for artificial breeding, hatching, and rearing through the early life stages of animals—finfish and shellfish in particular. [1] Hatcheries produce larval and juvenile fish, shellfish, and crustaceans, primarily to support the aquaculture industry where they are transferred to on-growing systems, such as fish farms ...
Algaculture. A seaweed farm in Uroa, Zanzibar. Algaculture is a form of aquaculture involving the farming of species of algae. [1] The majority of algae that are intentionally cultivated fall into the category of microalgae (also referred to as phytoplankton, microphytes, or planktonic algae ).
t. e. Ichthyoplankton (from Greek: ἰχθύς, ikhthus, "fish"; and πλαγκτός, planktos, "drifter" [1]) are the eggs and larvae of fish. They are mostly found in the sunlit zone of the water column, less than 200 metres deep, which is sometimes called the epipelagic or photic zone. Ichthyoplankton are planktonic, meaning they cannot ...
A transitional stage known as the sac larval stage, lasts from hatching to the complete resorption of the yolk sac. Juvenile stage: Starts when the morphological transformation or metamorphosis from larva to juvenile is complete, that is, when the larva develops the features of a functional fish. These features are that all the fin rays are ...
Myiasis ( / maɪ.ˈaɪ.ə.səs / my-EYE-ə-səss [1] ), also known as flystrike or fly strike, is the parasitic infestation of the body of a live animal by fly larvae ( maggots) that grow inside the host while feeding on its tissue. Although flies are most commonly attracted to open wounds and urine - or feces -soaked fur, some species ...
A shed carapace of a lady crab, part of the hard exoskeleton. Body structure of a typical crustacean – krill. The body of a crustacean is composed of segments, which are grouped into three regions: the cephalon or head, [5] the pereon or thorax, [6] and the pleon or abdomen. [7] The head and thorax may be fused together to form a ...
Maggot therapy. Maggot therapy (also known as larval therapy) is a type of biotherapy involving the introduction of live, disinfected maggots (fly larvae) into non-healing skin and soft-tissue wounds of a human or other animal for the purpose of cleaning out the necrotic (dead) tissue within a wound ( debridement ), and disinfection.
A tiny flower farm offers a reprieve from cancer. Stacie and Chad Vanags were working to build a micro-farm in Ventura when they were hit with Chad's Stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis. It hasn't ...