Research Article
Sponge Farming Trials: Survival, Attachment, and Growth of Two Indo-Pacific Sponges, Neopetrosia sp. and Stylissa massa
Table 4
Mean percentage growth rates per month [%].
| Method | Neopetrosia sp. | S. massa | Hippo spongia lachne [32] | Dysidea avara [6] | Latrunculia welling-tonensis [17] | Polymastia croceus [17] | Hippo spongia and Spongia spp. [33] | Mycale hentscheli [18] |
| HL-field | 106 TP | 34 TP | X | 7 | 58 | 30 | X | X | LR-field | 12 TP | 27 TP | X | X | X | X | X | X | AS-field | 122 TP | 31 TP | ~13 | X | X | X | ~8 | X | mesh arrays | X | X | X | 28 | 23 | 11 | X | 409 | HL-aquaria | −13 GT | −4 | X | X | X | X | X | X | LR-aquaria | 16 GT | −11 | X | X | X | X | X | X | AS-aquaria | −7 CT | 10 | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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TP: Teluk Pegametan, GT: glass tank, CT: cement tank, HL (t/m/b): horizontal line (top/middle/bottom), LR: live rock, AS: artificial substrate, HC: horizontally cut, and VC: vertically cut.
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