Beauties and beasts: A portrait of sea slugs aquaculture

Aquaculture

Volumn 408-409, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Dionísio, Gisela ^a,b   Rosa, Rui ^b   Leal, Miguel Costa ^a,c   Cruz, Sónia ^a   Brandão, Cláudio ^a   Calado, Gonçalo ^d,e   SerÔdio, João ^a   Calado, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aeolidiella; Aplysia; Elysia; Grow out; Husbandry; Larviculture

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; AQUACULTURE; AQUARIUM; DATA SET; FEEDING; LARVICULTURE; METAMORPHOSIS; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SNAIL;

AEOLIDIELLA; ANASPIDEA; APLYSIA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 84879051768     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.04.033     Document Type: Review

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