Preparation of natural protection devices using natural materials that will be tested to ascertain efficacy against predation by crabs and gastropods being undertaken at the Brackish Aquaculture Centre, UPV, Leganes

Published November 3, 2026

03 October 2026

There are 6 treatments with 7 propagules in each treatment: 1) Control – no treatment, 2) bees wax and pine resin (rosin), 3) wax, resin and sand, 4) wax, resin and chilli, 5) wax, resin and Baluk (bark of the Ceriops tagal mangrove used in making coconut wine), and 6) wax, resin and Rhizophera mucronata bark from local trees to BACs and ground up at BACs.