Rearing cuttings of the soft coral Sarcophyton glaucum (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea): Towards mass production in a closed seawater system

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1748-1758

  Sella, Ido ^a   Benayahu, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Closed seawater system; Coral farming; Red Sea; Sarcophyton glaucum; Soft corals

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; COLONY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; REARING; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SOFT CORAL; SURVIVAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ALCYONACEA; ALCYONARIA; ANTHOZOA; SARCOPHYTON GLAUCUM;

EID: 78049489302     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02475.x     Document Type: Article

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