Growth and survival of juvenile red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) fed with macroalgae enriched with a benthic diatom film.
From: Journal of Shellfish Research
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Date: 12/15/2004
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Author: Flores-Acevedo, Norberto; Sanchez-Saavedra, Maria Del Pilar; Simental, Jorge Arturo
ABSTRACT The objective of this work was to evaluate the growth rate of 150-day-old juvenile abalone Haliotis rufescens fed with blades of the seaweed Macrocystis pyrifera epiphyted with a film of the benthic diatom Navicula incerta. Five treatments were used as food for juvenile abalone: (1) blades of M. pyrifera washed for 10 min with fresh water to remove natural epiphytes; (2) blades of M. pyrifera without natural epiphytes and colonized with N. incerta at an initial density of ...
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