Volume 51 Issue 3, March 2022

Exploring Artemia franciscana’s baseline behavior

Given its sensitivity to toxic agents, the crustacean zooplankton Artemia franciscana is commonly used for toxicity screening assays. Artemia’s behavior is becoming an increasingly popular endpoint in toxicity studies, but behavioral testing conditions still need to be optimized and standardized.

In a new article, Henry et al. show that variable test conditions such as the design of the test chambers can affect Artemia’s behavior. These findings provide new insights into Artemia’s behavioral baseline responses and support the need for standardized testing conditions.

See Henry et al

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