Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2022 The merging of fish farming and crop husbandry in a mutual system forms aquaponics. In this system, the nature of the planting substrate plays a significant role in the germination, establishment, and growth of the plant.
Taofik Ademola Babatunde +5 more
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Solvent Deactivation of Mimosa Webworm Larval Webbing (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) [PDF]
, 2017 Untreated larval webbing of the mimosa webworm, Homadaula anisocentra stimulated oviposition. Six-week-old webbing was as active as two-day-old webbing.
Hart, Elwood R +2 more
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Early skeletal colonization of the coral holobiont by the microboring Ulvophyceae Ostreobium sp.
Scientific Reports, 2018 Ostreobium sp. (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae) is a major microboring alga involved in tropical reef dissolution, with a proposed symbiotic lifestyle in living corals.
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Environmental enrichment for Killer whales Orcinus orca at zoological institutions: untried and untested [PDF]
, 2017 Despite a history in zoological institutions stretching back more than 50 years, with associated improvements in husbandry and breeding, the keeping of Killer whales Orcinus orca in zoos and aquariums has become highly controversial.
Kitchener, A.C., Law, G.
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Density and gender segregation effects in the culture of the caridean ornamental red cherry shrimp Neocaridina davidi Bouvier, 1904 (Caridea: Atyidae) [PDF]
, 2017 The effect of density on growth, sex ratio, survival, and biochemical composition of the red cherry shrimp, Neocaridina davidi Bouvier, 1904, was studied to determine optimum rearing conditions in this ornamental species.
Delevati Colpo, Karine +3 more
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Spatial epidemiological patterns suggest mechanisms of land-sea transmission for Sarcocystis neurona in a coastal marine mammal. [PDF]
, 2020 Sarcocystis neurona was recognised as an important cause of mortality in southern sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis) after an outbreak in April 2004 and has since been detected in many marine mammal species in the Northeast Pacific Ocean.
Bodkin, James L +11 more
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The roles of inter- and intra-sexual selection in behavioral isolation between native and invasive pupfishes [PDF]
, 2017 Male-male competition and female mate choice may both play important roles in driving and maintaining reproductive isolation between species. When previously allopatric species come into secondary contact with each other due to introductions, they ...
Becher, Cory, Gumm, Jennifer M.
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Extreme phenotypic plasticity in metabolic physiology of Antarctic Demosponges
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2016 Seasonal measurements of the metabolic physiology of four Antarctic demosponges and their associated assemblages, maintained in a flow through aquarium facility, demonstrated one of the largest differences in seasonal strategies between species and their
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Research on the homeostatic regulation of ecological fish tanks in human environment [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesIndoor fish tanks have become an important device for enriching the home environment and improving indoor ecology. In order to investigate the ecological homeostatic regulation of fish tanks under the combination of traditional fish culture and modern ...
Li Leijing +6 more
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Journal of Zoological and Botanical GardensThe cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) faces vulnerability primarily due to unregulated fishing, resource overexploitation, and habitat degradation.
Isabella Brosens Barros +6 more
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