Advances in seaweed aquaculture among Pacific island countries

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 18, Issue 3-5, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Pickering, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Cladosiphon; Kappaphycus; Pacific Island countries; Seaweed

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; SEAWEED CULTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)]; TONGA;

CAULERPA; CAULERPA RACEMOSA; CLADOSIPHON; GRACILARIA; KAPPAPHYCUS; KAPPAPHYCUS ALVAREZII; MERISTOTHECA PROCUMBENS;

EID: 33845404706     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-006-9022-1     Document Type: Review

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