Grazers improve health of coral juveniles in ex situ mariculture

Aquaculture

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-293

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

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biocontrols; Ex situ mariculture; Herbivory; Juvenile scleractinian corals; Salmacis sphaeroides; Trochus maculatus

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; ANTIFOULING; AQUARIUM; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CORAL; ECHINODERM; GASTROPOD; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; JUVENILE; MACROALGA; MARICULTURE; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; TRADE-OFF;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA; GASTROPODA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS; SALMACIS SPHAEROIDES; SCLERACTINIA; TROCHUS;

EID: 84883738610     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.08.025     Document Type: Article

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