Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?

Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning? Nils Rädecker, Claudia Pogoreutz, Christian R. Voolstra, Jörg Wiedenmann, Christian Wild Trends in Microbiology, Vol. 23, Issue 8, p490–497 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2015.03.008 Nitrogen cycling in reef-building corals is a function of all holobiont members. Control of nitrogen cycling may stabilize holobiont functioning under oligotrophic and eutrophic conditions. […]

Coral aquaculture: applying scientific knowledge to ex situ production

Coral aquaculture: Applying scientific knowledge to ex situ production Reviews in Aquaculture 6(2) · October 2014 DOI: 10.1111/raq.12087 Article (PDF Available) Miguel Costa Leal, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Dirk Petersen, Ronald Osinga Still have to read the rest, but this was enough to hook me: Although captive breeding and propagation of corals is a well-known activity among aquarium hobbyists and public […]

Technological improvements for the cultivation of invertebrates as food for fishes and crustaceans. II. Hatching and culturing of the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L

Technological improvements for the cultivation of invertebrates as food for fishes and crustaceans. II. Hatching and culturing of the brine shrimp, Artemia salina L From p311-312. Apparently, for small-batch brine shrimp culture (useful size), they used funnel-shaped vessels as small as 100mL and up to one liter.  For maximum results, they only bubbled the medium […]