Effect of varying doses of organic and inorganic fertilizers on plankton production and fish biomass in brackish water fish ponds

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 157-166

  Garg, S K ^a   Bhatnagar, A ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BRACKISH WATER POND; FERTILIZER; FISH POND; PLANKTON PRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0029661611     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1996.tb00980.x     Document Type: Article

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