Secondary production and energetics of the shrimp Caridina nilotica in Lake Victoria, East Africa: Model development and application

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 175-181

  Ignatow, Marcy ^b   Mbahinzireki, Godfrey ^b   Lehman, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

assimilation efficiency; bioenergetics; tropical zooplankton

Indexed keywords

CARIDINA NILOTICA; DECAPODA;

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOENERGETICS; MODELLING; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; TROPICS;

AFRICA, LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0030303127     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00031923     Document Type: Article

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