Growth, protein and carbohydrate contents in Ulva rigida and Gracilaria bursa-pastoris integrated with an offshore fish farm

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1835-1845

  Korzen, Leor ^a,b   Abelson, Avigdor ^b   Israel, Alvaro ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Biomass; Gracilaria; IMTA; Seaweed; Ulva

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939439790     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: 15735176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-015-0691-5     Document Type: Article

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