Sponge farming in the Mediterranean Sea: New perspectives

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 485-491

  Pronzato, Roberto ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^d   Cerrano, Carlo ^a   Magnino, Giuseppe ^a   Manconi, Renata ^b   Pantelis, Jannis ^c   Sarà, Antonio ^a   Sidri, Marzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c Municipality of Kalymnos   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bath sponges; Cicatrisation; Natural products; Organic pollution; Overfishing; Porifera

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISH CULTURE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTENSIVE CULTURE; SPONGE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

HIPPOSPONGIA; PORIFERA; SPONGIA;

EID: 0033499380     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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