Research Article
Sponge Farming Trials: Survival, Attachment, and Growth of Two Indo-Pacific Sponges, Neopetrosia sp. and Stylissa massa
Table 2
Mean initial and end values of length and volume of fragments at the different sites for all methods.
| Species | Place | Mean initial length [cm] | Mean end length [cm] | Mean initial volume [cm³] | Mean end volume [cm³] |
| Neopetrosia sp. | Field | 5.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 48.3 | Neopetrosia sp. | Aquaria | 4.2 | 3.7 | 9.3 | 8.3 | Stylissa massa | Field TP HC | 7.1 | 8.2 | 39.7 | 95.4 | Stylissa massa | Field TP VC | 8.4 | 9.3 | 43.5 | 94 | Stylissa massa | Field PP HC | 5.9 | 5.6 | 40.9 | 37.1 | Stylissa massa | Field PP VC | 7.2 | 7.7 | 46.1 | 53.6 | Stylissa massa | Aquaria HC | 6.2 | 4.7 | 37.6 | 38.9 | Stylissa massa | Aquaria VC | 7.2 | 6.1 | 39.5 | 40.2 |
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TP: Teluk Pegametan, PP: Pulau Pari, HC: horizontally cut, and VC: vertically cut.
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