Dietary habits of grazers influence their suitability as biological controls of fouling macroalgae in ex situ mariculture

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1852-1860

  Ng, Chin Soon Lionel ^a   Toh, Tai Chong ^a   Toh, Kok Ben ^a   Guest, James ^a,b   Chou, Loke Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ex situ mariculture; Grazing; Preference; Salmacis sphaeroides (linnaeus); Trochus maculatus (linnaeus)

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BRYOPSIS; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; HYPNEA SPINELLA; LOBOPHORA VARIEGATA; SALMACIS SPHAEROIDES; TROCHUS;

EID: 84872793493     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/are.12128     Document Type: Article

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