Seawater acclimation of tilapia, Oreochromis spilurus spilurus Gunter, fry and fingerlings

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-214

  Jonassen, T M ^a,b   Pittman, K ^a   Imsland, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS SPILURUS; OREOCHROMIS SPILURUS SPILURUS;

ACCLIMATION; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; SALINITY TOLERANCE; TILAPIA;

EID: 0030620666     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1997.tb01034.x     Document Type: Article

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