Control of the herbivorous gastropod Fissurella mutabilis (Sow.) in a land-based integrated abalone-seaweed culture

Aquaculture

Volumn 255, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 384-388

  Hansen, Joakim P ^a   Robertson Andersson, Deborah ^b   Troell, Max ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fissurella mutabilis; Grazers; Mariculture; Osmotic stress; Pest species; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FRESHWATER; GASTROPOD; MACROALGA; PEST CONTROL; SEAWEED;

ALGAE; FISSURELLA; GASTROPODA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA GRACILIS; HALIOTIS CORRUGATA; PATELLIDAE; RHODOPHYTA; ULVA;

EID: 33646894724     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.12.020     Document Type: Article

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