The tolerance to starvation of nauplii and adult females of three species of brine shrimps, Artemia franciscana(Af), parthenogenetic Atemia from Tian-jin, China(Ap) and bisexual Artemia from Shanxi, China(As), were examed at 25℃ in laboratory. The three species of Artemia belong to New World . sexual population, parthenogenetic population and Old World sexual population, respectively.The mean survival times of starved adults of all three species were not significantly different. However, their nauplii showe...