Coral aquaculture, also known as coral farming or coral gardening, is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration. Aquaculture...
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Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat...
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Atoll (redirect from Coral atoll)
a coral rim that encircles a lagoon. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim.: 60 Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical parts of the...
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The habitat of deep-water corals, also known as cold-water corals, extends to deeper, darker parts of the oceans than tropical corals, ranging from near...
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between the two. Coral aquaculture, also known as coral farming or coral gardening, is the cultivation of corals for commercial purposes or coral reef restoration...
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Milkfish (redirect from Aquaculture of milkfish)
Reproduction of milkfish in nature is far less understood than populations of milkfish bred and propagated in captivity (see “Aquaculture” below). In the...
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Giant clam (redirect from Aquaculture of giant clams)
reefs of Malaysia. The giant clam lives in flat coral sand or broken coral and may be found at depths of as great as 20 m (66 ft).: 10 Its range covers...
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Coral rag is a rubbly limestone composed of ancient coral reef material. The term also refers to the building blocks quarried from these strata, which...
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Coral sand is a form of aragonite sand particles originating in tropical and sub-tropical marine environments primarily from bioerosion of limestone skeletal...
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A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate...
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Cod (redirect from Aquaculture of cod)
cultured larvae of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)". Aquaculture. 309 (1–4): 38–48. Bibcode:2010Aquac.309...38K. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.09.006. van...
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Sarcophyton glaucum (redirect from Rough leather coral)
effect of mixotrophy in the ex situ culture of the soft coral Sarcophyton cf. glaucum". Aquaculture. 452: 151–159. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.10...
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greenhouses. BrightFarms was founded by Ted Caplow and Paul Lightfoot in 2010. As of 2019, BrightFarms had four greenhouses located in Wilmington, Ohio; Rochelle...
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Hydroponics (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from April 2023)
"agriculture" but later found that the cognate term aquaculture was already applied to culture of aquatic organisms. Gericke created a sensation by growing...
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Coral dermatitis is a cutaneous condition caused by injury from the exoskeleton of certain corals.: 430 Skin lesion James, William D.; Berger, Timothy...
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Aquaculture is a major economic activity in Chile. Among the diverse aquacultures practised in Chile, Atlantic salmon aquaculture is by far the largest...
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phyllon, leaf) are known as a family of polyped stony corals under the order Scleractinia. This family consists of multiple genera (more than one genus)...
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Fish farming (redirect from Extensive aquaculture)
commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture, which is the...
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Coral bleaching is the process when corals become white due to loss of symbiotic algae and photosynthetic pigments. This loss of pigment can be caused...
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Saltwater fish (section Cage aquaculture)
entertainment. Many saltwater fish are also caught to be eaten, or grown in aquaculture. However, many fish species have been overfished and are otherwise threatened...
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practiced aquaculture through development of fish ponds (Hawaiian: loko iʻa), the most advanced fish-husbandry among the original peoples of the Pacific...
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Short-finned eel (category Freshwater fish of Australia)
production of Anguillid eels from aquaculture is estimated to be 242 000 t per annum with a value of $US 1 billion. Chinese eel aquaculture production...
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The resilience of coral reefs is the biological ability of coral reefs to recover from natural and anthropogenic disturbances such as storms and bleaching...
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Cleaner fish (section Salmonid aquaculture)
behaviour of cleaner fish has become a valuable resource in salmon aquaculture in Atlantic Canada, Scotland, Iceland and Norway for prevention of sea lice...
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Fisheries in the Philippines (redirect from Fisheries of the Philippines)
Fisheries in the Philippines consist of both capture fisheries and aquaculture. The Philippines is an archipelagic country with a large coastal population...
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Pinctada margaritifera (category Endemic fauna of Tahiti)
wild from coral reefs and are also commonly grown in aquaculture, both primarily taking place in the Indo-Pacific region. The common name of this species...
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Philippine Sea (category Bodies of water of the Federated States of Micronesia)
Administration. Retrieved 4 November 2018. Economics of Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Coral Triangle (PDF) (Report). Mandaluyong, Philippines: Asian...
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Scallop (redirect from Shell of Saint James)
prized as a food source, and some are farmed as aquaculture. The word "scallop" is also applied to the meat of these bivalves, the adductor muscle, that is...
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Areolate grouper (category Fish of Palau)
anthias and sea basses. It inhabits coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. They are produced through aquaculture and commercially fished. They currently...
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Slender seahorse (category Fauna of the Southeastern United States)
found at depths of 55 meters (180 feet). Smaller individuals inhabit shallower waters. The slender seahorse has an affinity for coral reefs and seagrass...
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