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Qualitative and quantitative comparison of bacterial flora associated with hatchery-reared and wild-caught shrimp postlarvae
(ASIARESIST, 2005)
Because of high mortality recorded in pond-reared shrimps due to luminescent vibriosis infection, a study was conducted to determine if postlarvae (PLs) could be major sources of luminescent bacteria (LB). Batches of ...
Marine protected areas in the Philippines: The case of Malalison island in community-based management of reef fisheries
(UNESCO Office, 2004)
The extensive Philippine coastline of more than 22,540 k m provides the natural habitat of a variety of flora and fauna that make the Philippine archipelago one of the centers of marine biodiversity in the world. Resource-use ...
Mud crab culture: challenges and opportunities
(The Marine Products Export Development Authority, 2008)
Updates on the nervous necrosis virus and the koi herpesvirus in Southeast Asia
(Veteran Council I.R.IRAN, 2009)
In Southeast Asia, the Viral Nervous Necrosis (VNN) or Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy (VER) and the Koi herpesvirus (KHV) infection are currently economically-important diseases of fishes. The VNN affects groupers ...
Microbial diseases in aquaculture: issues and challenges
(Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, 2007)
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants where farming implies some intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, ...
Seafarming and community development in the Philippines
(Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific, 2002)
This paper provides information on the seafarming activities in the Philippines, which includes milkfish, seabass and grouper cage and pen culture. It also provides some other seafarming alternatives including mud crab, ...
The Agusan Marsh - two years after Pakse
(UNESCO Office, 2008)
Series: ACIAR Working Paper;No. 54
Mud crab hatchery and grow-out status in the Philippines
(Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2004)
Interest in mud crab aquaculture is increasing throughout the Philippines because of its demand both in local and export markets. Mud crab culture started as low-density polyculture with fish or shrimp using wild crab ...
Antimicrobial resistance in bacteria isolated from aquaculture environments in the Philippines
(ASIARESIST, 2005)
Antibiotics have been used in aquaculture as feed additives to promote growth and added in water to prevent disease occurrence. Therapeutic doses are used to treat diseases. Long-term use and misuse of antibiotics may ...
DNA amplicons using arbitrary primers distinguish polymorphic loci among mangrove thraustochytrid genomes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007)
Thraustochytrids - lightly-pigmented estuarine and marine microheterotrophs, taxonomically aligned with heterokont algae - are of great biotechnological interest because they produce substantial amounts of polyunsaturated ...