The potential of certain indigenous copepod species as live food for commercial fish larval rearing

Aquaculture

Volumn 151, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 351-356

  Shansudin, Lokman ^a   Yusof, M ^a   Azis, A ^a   Shukri, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Fish larval rearing; Lipids; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; LAGOON SPECIES; LIVE FEED; LIVE FOOD; ZOOPLANKTON;

COPEPODA; LATES CALCARIFER; OITHONA;

EID: 0030739811     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(96)01490-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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