Brine Shrimp

Crustaceans (distant cousins of the shrimps found in oceans, bays an

estuaries)

• Population size varies.• Optimum conditions – estimated 4 trillion in

Mono Lake, CA• Eggs can dry out in the desert and stay viable for

a year or longer.• When the conditions fall in their range of

tolerance they hatch.• They hatch only when the environmental

conditions are such that they can live!