TY - JOUR
T1 - The CORALZOO project
T2 - a synopsis of four years of public aquarium science
AU - Osinga, Ronald
AU - Schutter, Miriam
AU - Wijgerde, Tim
AU - Rinkevich, Buki
AU - Shafir, Shai
AU - Shpigel, Muki
AU - Luna, Gian Marco
AU - Danovaro, Roberto
AU - Bongiorni, Lucia
AU - Deutsch, Andreas
AU - Kuecken, Michael
AU - Hiddinga, Bart
AU - Janse, Max
AU - McLeod, Andrew
AU - Gili, Claudia
AU - Lavorano, Silvia
AU - Henard, Stephane
AU - Barthelemy, Dominique
AU - Westhoff, Guido
AU - Baylina, Nuria
AU - Santos, Elsa
AU - Weissenbacher, Anton
AU - Kuba, Michael
AU - Jones, Rachel
AU - Leewis, Rob
AU - Petersen, Dirk
AU - Laterveer, Michael
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - In order to improve the methodology for growing and maintaining corals in captivity, a consortium of European zoos, aquaria and academia executed a four-year public/private collaborative research and innovation project (CORALZOO) on the breeding and husbandry of stony corals. CORALZOO comprised the following topics: (1) sexual and asexual breeding of corals in captivity, including techniques for propagation, feeding and induction of natural coral colony morphogenesis; and (2) coral husbandry: development of generic bioassays to evaluate biotic and abiotic husbandry parameters and to monitor coral health, elaboration of methods for identification and treatment of coral diseases and optimization of transport and acclimation procedures. The results of this project are reviewed.
AB - In order to improve the methodology for growing and maintaining corals in captivity, a consortium of European zoos, aquaria and academia executed a four-year public/private collaborative research and innovation project (CORALZOO) on the breeding and husbandry of stony corals. CORALZOO comprised the following topics: (1) sexual and asexual breeding of corals in captivity, including techniques for propagation, feeding and induction of natural coral colony morphogenesis; and (2) coral husbandry: development of generic bioassays to evaluate biotic and abiotic husbandry parameters and to monitor coral health, elaboration of methods for identification and treatment of coral diseases and optimization of transport and acclimation procedures. The results of this project are reviewed.
KW - breeding
KW - husbandry
KW - public aquaria
KW - stony corals
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860812013&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/s0025315411001779
DO - 10.1017/s0025315411001779
M3 - Article
SN - 0025-3154
VL - 92
SP - 753
EP - 768
JO - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
JF - Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
IS - 4
ER -