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Mysids are small shrimp-like crustaceans that are primary forage prey for marine and estuarine fish. In addition to their ecological importance, they have many attributes that make them ideal test organisms for water quality monitoring. They are sensitive to a wide variety of contaminants; they have relatively short generation times and are amenable to laboratory culture. Since the initial development of protocols (Nimmo et al., 1977), tests with the Atlantic/Gulf coast species Americamysis (formerly Mysidopsis) bahia have been used for regulatory applications for decades. Culture methods for this species are described by Lussier et al.
