Aquaculture of sea sponges | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-07-03

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00:01:16 1 History
00:02:30 2 Benefits
00:03:01 2.1 Simple
00:03:46 2.2 Income generation
00:04:10 3 Uses
00:04:19 3.1 Bath sponges
00:05:10 3.2 Bioactive uses
00:06:07 3.3 Menstrual sponges
00:07:32 4 Factors that affect the growth of sponges
00:07:43 4.1 Salinity, pH, temperature and light
00:09:37 4.2 Dissolved oxygen
00:10:14 4.3 Waste removal
00:10:51 4.4 Diseases
00:11:21 4.5 Site selection
00:12:09 5 Methods of cultivation
00:12:18 5.1 The use of explants
00:13:05 5.2 Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
00:15:01 5.3 Bath sponge aquaculture
00:15:33 5.3.1 Rope method
00:16:21 5.3.2 Mesh bag method
00:17:04 5.3.3 Combination of methods
00:18:02 5.3.4 Bath sponge aquaculture production in Micronesia
00:19:39 5.4 Bioactive sponge aquaculture
00:20:09 5.4.1 New methods
00:21:02 5.4.2 Factors affecting secondary metabolite production



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Sea sponge aquaculture is the process of farming sea sponges under controlled conditions. It has been conducted in the world's oceans for centuries using a number of aquaculture techniques. There are many factors such as light, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen and the accumulation of waste products that influence the growth rate of sponges. The benefits of sea sponge aquaculture are realised as a result of its ease of establishment, minimum infrastructure requirements and the potential to be used as a source of income for populations living in developing countries.  Sea sponges are produced on a commercial scale to be used as bath sponges or to extract biologically active compounds which are found in certain sponge species. Techniques such as the rope and mesh bag method are used to culture sponges independently or within an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system setting. One of the only true sustainable sea sponges cultivated in the world occur in the region of Micronesia, with a number of growing and production methods used to ensure and maintain the continued sustainability of these farmed species.