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Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
Volume 43, Number 2 (April 2012)
Substrate-attachment Preferences of Cultured Newborn Pot-bellied Seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis(Lesson, 1827)
Authors: Leonardo Martinez-Cardenas 1, John G. Purser 1
Author Affiliations:
1: National Centre for Marine Conservation and Resources Sustainability, University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1370, Launceston 7250, Tasmania, Australia
Source: Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 43, Number 2 (April 2012)
Page Numbers: 286 – 290
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Abstract: During a series of observations, newborn pot-bellied seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis, were offered three size choices of diameter and density of substrate. The seahorses exhibited a marked preference for the greatest diameter and the lowest density substrates.
Citation: Leonardo Martinez-Cardenas, John G. Purser . Substrate-attachment Preferences of Cultured Newborn Pot-bellied Seahorses, Hippocampus abdominalis(Lesson, 1827). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Volume 43, Number 2 (April 2012), pp. 286-290, <http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4D03BC17BDE5DA338C80&gt;
URL: http://ejournals.ebsco.com/direct.asp?ArticleID=4D03BC17BDE5DA338C80
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