Significance of water flow rate and period of nursing on the growth of juvenile seahorse, Hippocampus barbouri (Jordan and Richardson, 1908)

• Main Authors: W. C. V., Er, A., Christianus, Z., Muta Harah, Chong, C. M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Green Wave publishing 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63214/1/Significance%20of%20water%20flow%20rate%20and%20period%20of%20nursing%20on%20the%20growth%20of%20juvenile%20seahorse%2C%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63214/; http://sifisheriessciences.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-444-41&sid=1&slc_lang=en
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Drastic decline of seahorse population has been observed in the past decade. Evident shows that it is due to the over exploitation of this organism to fulfill demand for aquarium trades and Traditional Chinese Medicine industry (TCM). Considering this condition, seahorse farming is highly justified...