TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ADULT SQUID (DORYTEUTHIS BLEEKERI) FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES

Open Access

1 April 1976

journal article
research article
Published by University of Chicago Press in The Biological Bulletin

Vol. 150 (2) , 279-285
https://doi.org/10.2307/1540474

Abstract

Transportation and maintenance of adult squid (Doryteuthis bleekeri) was investigated successfully. Squid were transported on a three to five hour trip and could then be maintained in circulating sea water in a closed system aquarium for up to three weeks. The most crucial factor for maintenance of squid was filtration of the sea water. The survival percentage of squid was 90-100% over the first week.