Experiments on an integrated aquaculture system (seaweeds and marine fish) on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia: Efficiency comparison of two local seaweed species for nutrient biofiltration and production

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-31

  Al Hafedh, Yousef S ^a   Alam, Aftab ^a   Buschmann, Alejandro H ^b   Fitzsimmons, Kevin M ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS LAGOS   (Chile)

^c Environmental Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal integrated aquaculture; Marine fish; Red Sea; Saudi Arabia; Seaweeds

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA;

EID: 84858057945     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2012.01057.x     Document Type: Article

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