Effect of body size on growth and energy budget of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Aquaculture

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 25-34

  Xie, Shouqi ^a   Cui, Yibo ^a   Yang, Yunxia ^a   Liu, Jiankang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Body size; Energy budget; Growth; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ENERGY BUDGET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH RATE; NILE TILAPIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0031450987     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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