Diseases in coral aquaculture: Causes, implications and preventions

Aquaculture

Volumn 396-399, Issue , 2013, Pages 124-135

  Sheridan, Christopher ^a   Kramarsky Winter, Esti ^b,c   Sweet, Michael ^d   Kushmaro, Ariel ^e,f   Leal, Miguel Costa ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Proreef LTD   (Israel)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^h SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corals; Disease; Husbandry; Pathogens; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; REARING; STOCKING DENSITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84875302072     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.02.037     Document Type: Review

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