Animal husbandry – Entomological culture device – Egg treatment – production – or storage
Patent
1978-08-23
1981-03-03
Chamblee, Hugh R.
Animal husbandry
Entomological culture device
Egg treatment, production, or storage
119 4, 47 14, A01K 6100
Patent
active
042534186
ABSTRACT:
A tank for use in the culturing of marine and aquatic organisms that undergo larval settlement upon submerged surfaces and metamorphose thereon to become benthic motile animals that crawl upon said surfaces and graze food found thereon, such as abalone (phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, family Haliotidae), other gastropod molluscs including, but not limited to conch (class Gastropoda, genera Strombus, Cassis, Charonia, and others), Chilean "loco" (Choncholepas, choncholepas), sea urchins (phylum Echinodermata, class Echinoidea, order Cidaroidea), and other marine and aquatic motile benthic organisms of economic and scientific importance. The tank is provided with means for circulation of seawater through the tank and means are provided in the tank forming solid surfaces on which the larvae of abalone or other motile benthic organisms settle, feed and rest. Light sources may be immersed in the tank to engender a high level of photosynthesis for food production and water quality control, and means are provided to introduce air into the tank to induce water circulation therein.
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Bevelander Gerrit
Lockwood George S.
Shultz Fred T.
Chamblee Hugh R.
Monterey Abalone Farms
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