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2009, Oceanography 22(1):44–45, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.04
Spotlight on Technology: Development of an Autonomous Aquarium System for Maintaining Deep Corals
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Authors
Alejandro Olariaga | Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, Instituto de Ciències del Mar (CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
Andrea Gori | Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Covadonga Orejas | Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Josep-Maria Gili | Departament de Biologia Marina i Oceanografia, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Introduction
Keeping deep corals alive under optimum water temperature and quality conditions is not an easy task. It is important to achieve a balance among a high-water renewal rate, constant water temperature, flow speed, and nutrient concentrations (especially ammonium). In trying to find a "meeting point" among all of these factors, the ZAE (Experimental Aquaria Area) of the Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (CSIC) in Barcelona developed an aquarium system that maintains constant temperature conditions in an open water circuit for five deep coral species being kept for HERMES project experimental purposes (Figure 1). The new system operates with a temperature variation of ± 0.2°C, allowing culture conditions similar to those in the field.
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Citation
Olariaga, A., A. Gori, C. Orejas, and J.-M. Gili. 2009. Spotlight on technology: Development of an autonomous aquarium system for maintaining deep corals. Oceanography 22(1):44–45, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2009.04.