Growth performance of bath sponge (Spongia officinalis Linnaeus, 1759) farmed on suspended ropes in the Dardanelles (Turkey)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1807-1815

  Çelik, Ihsan ^a   Cirik, Şükran ^a   Altinaǧaç, Uǧur ^a   Ayaz, Adnan ^a   Çelik, Pinar ^a   Tekeşoǧlu, Haluk ^a   Yilmaz, Harun ^b   Öztekin, Alkan ^a  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bath sponge; Culture; Farming; Growth; Spongia officinalis

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROWTH RATE; MARICULTURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SPONGE; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT;

CANAKKALE [TURKEY]; DARDANELLES; TURKEY;

SPONGIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 81255205505     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02781.x     Document Type: Article

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