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Chapter 17, Problem 3CT
It has been suggested that cheap electricity generated from tides, waves, or currents could be used to pump nutrient-rich water from the deep. The water could then be used to grow algae to feed the larvae of farmed fishes and invertebrates. How else could this energy be used to decrease the costs of aquaculture?
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