Fertilized (rice bran at 500 kg ha−1 plus 4 L ha−1 liquid inorganic [10–34–0 and 32–0–0]), brackish water (4–7‰) ponds at the Claude Peteet Mariculture Center, Gulf Shores, AL were monitored for zooplankton growth over a several week period during June. Once a pond containing predominantly copepod nauplii (> 90% of the total zooplankton population) was identified,