Effect of water motion on the cultivation of the economic seaweed Gracilaria parvispora (Rhodophyta) on Molokai, Hawaii

Aquaculture

Volumn 238, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 207-219

  Ryder, Erin ^a   Nelson, Stephen G ^a   McKeon, Casey ^a   Glenn, Edward P ^a   Fitzsimmons, Kevin ^a   Napolean, Sherman ^b  

^a 2601 West Airport Drive   (United States)

^b Ke Kua'aina Hanauna Hou   (United States)

Author keywords

Gracilaria; Molokai; Seaweed; Spores; Water motion

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; GROWTH RATE; RED ALGA; SEAWEED; WATER FLOW; YIELD;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MOLOKAI; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GRACILARIA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 4344702176     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.05.019     Document Type: Article

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