Effects of dietary energy : Protein ratio and stocking density on growth and survival of the common snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-73

  Mayeaux, Maxwell H ^a   Culley Jr , Dudley D ^a   Reigh, Robert C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; ENERGY:PROTEIN RATIO;

CHELYDRA SERPENTINA;

EID: 0030456242     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1996.tb00595.x     Document Type: Article

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