Comparing the capacity of five different dietary treatments to optimise growth and nutritional composition in two scleractinian corals.

Developing an optimal heterotrophic feeding regime has the potential to improve captive coral growth and health. This study evaluated the efficacy of three exogenous diets: Artemia nauplii (ART), a commercially available coral diet (Reef Roids) (RR), and a novel, micro-bound diet (ATF), against a co...

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Main Authors: Jessica A Conlan, Line K Bay, Andrea Severati, Craig Humphrey, David S Francis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207956