A comparison of diets and water agitation methods for larval culture of the edible sea urchin, Tripneustes ventricosus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-190

  Wolcott, Ray ^a   Messing, Charles G ^b  

^a Nova Southeastern University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DIET; ECHINODERM; LARVA; STOCKING DENSITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; ISOCHRYSIS; RHODOMONAS SP.; TRIPNEUSTES VENTRICOSUS;

EID: 24944500440     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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