Growth and production of Indian river prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H. Milne Edwards) under pond conditions

Aquaculture

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Kanaujia, Durjan R ^b   Mohanty, Amarendra N ^b   Tripathi, Satyendra D ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FISHERIES EDUCATION   (India)

^b CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER AQUACULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Macrobrachium malcolmsonii; Pond conditions; Production

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; INDIAN RIVER PRAWN; POND CULTURE; PRODUCTION;

DECAPODA; MACROBRACHIUM MALCOLMSONII;

EID: 0030767261     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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