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

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.