Effects of salinity on the growth and proximate compositon of selected tropical marine periphytic diatoms and cyanobacteria.

• Main Authors: Khatoon, Helena, Banerjee, Sanjoy, Md. Yusoff, Fatimah, Mohamed Din, Mohamed Shariff
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14408/1/Effects%20of%20salinity%20on%20the%20growth%20and%20proximate%20compositon%20of%20selected%20tropical%20marine%20periphytic%20diatoms%20and%20cyanobacteria.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14408/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Marine periphytic cyanobacteria and diatoms have been examined as a potential source of feed supplement for rearing aquatic larvae in the aquaculture industry. Culture of the periphytic diatom Amphora sp., Navicula sp., Cymbella sp. and the cyanobacteria Oscillatoria sp. at different salinities show...