Effects of food supply on size at first maturity, fecundity and growth of hybrid tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) x Oreochromis aureus (Steindachner), in outdoor concrete tanks in Saudi Arabia

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Siddiqui, A Q ^a   Al Harbi, A H ^a   Al Hafedh, Y S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS × AUREUS;

BODY WEIGHT; FECUNDITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HYBRID TILAPIA; SIZE AT MATURITY;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030616957     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1997.tb01051.x     Document Type: Article

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