Toxicity test: Sponge toxin on tilapia fry
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Abstract
The research was conducted to determine the toxicity of extracts from five Philippine species of marine sponges on tilapia Oreochromis niloticus fry. It was found out that the most potent was the methanol extract of Dysidea herbacea, it kills with the least toxin and at the shortest time.
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Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, Aquaculture Department (1995). Toxicity test: Sponge toxin on tilapia fry. Aqua Farm News , 13(5), 8. http://hdl.handle.net/10862/2483
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