Oxygen consumption rates of white sturgeon under commercial culture conditions

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 227-237

  Thomas, Steven L ^a   Piedrahita, Raul H ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Acipenser transmontanus; Oxygen consumption; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 0001003497     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8609(97)81775-X     Document Type: Article

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