Research Article
Sponge Farming Trials: Survival, Attachment, and Growth of Two Indo-Pacific Sponges, Neopetrosia sp. and Stylissa massa
Table 3
Mean values for abiotic factors.
| | Abiotic factors | Teluk Pegametan | Pulau Pari | Glass tank | Cement tank |
| | Salinity | 33.52 (±0.09) | 33.23 (±0.09) | 39.17 (±2.5) | 36.2 (±1.02) | | Oxygen [%] | 94.59 (±0.9) | 102.25 (±1.5) | 98.84 (±1.6) | 102.62 (±4.24) | | Oxygen [mg/L] | 5.97 (±0.07) | 6.47 (±0.13) | 6.39 (±0.1) | 6.7 (±0.29) | | pH | 8.15 (±0.02) | 8.10 (±0.04) | 8.23 (±0.07) | 8.36 (±0.06) | | Turbidity [NTU/FNU] | 0.71 (±0.07) | 0.50 (±0.3) | 0.43 (±0.1) | X | | Temperature [°C] | 29 (±0.15) | 30 (±0.7) | 28 (±0.05) | 27.6 (±0.30) | | Ammonium [mg/L ] | 0.1 | X | 0 | 0.1 | | Nitrite [mg/L ] | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | | Hardness [°d] | 8 | X | 10 | 10 |
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Standard deviation in brackets; X: no measurements.
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