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Use of substrate technology in shrimp larviculture
Recent advances have focused on the use of commercially available, reusable synthetic substrates that extend benthic surfaces throughout the water column.
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Essentially, a substrate provides a high amount of a surface area that is readily colonized by bacteria and benthic algae, which behave as a huge biofilter.
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Recent advances have focused on the use of commercially available, reusable synthetic substrates that extend benthic surfaces throughout the water column.