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  • The fish are fed frozen food (such as Mysis, krill, Artemia, mussels), Cyclop-Eeze, Spirulina, and Nori twice a day.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • The fish are fed frozen food (such as Mysis, krill, Artemia, mussels), Cyclop-Eeze, Spirulina, and Nori twice a day.

    Practical Fishkeeping 2010

  • Walkways nearby let you look down on football-shaped rainbows that get fat on Mysis shrimp washing out of the upstream reservoir.

    Odd Fishing Spots 2009

  • For example, opossum shrimps (Mysis relicta) were introduced into dammed lakes in the mountains of Sweden and Norway by electric companies to enhance prey for burbot (Lota lota) and brown trout (Salmo trutta).

    Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

  • At night, when it is closer to the surface, Mysis feeds on both zooplankton and phytoplankton.

    Crustacea 2008

  • Instead, Mysis ate the zooplankton that all the smallest fish (too small to eat Mysis) had depended on.

    Crustacea 2008

  • During the day, Mysis remains very close to the lake bottom where it feeds on benthic organisms.

    Crustacea 2008

  • Mysis relicta occurs naturally in deep lakes in the glaciated regions of North America and Europe.

    Crustacea 2008

  • The entire life cycle of Mysis is completed in about two years.

    Crustacea 2008

  • In 1970, before the introduction of Mysis relicta, 40,000 kokanee salmon spawned in Lake Tahoe.

    Crustacea 2008

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