Tolerance of snakehead Channa striatus to ammonia at different pH

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 87-90

  Qin, Jianguang ^a   Fast, Arlo W ^a   Kai, Ashley T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNA; CHANNA STRIATUS; CHELONE GLABRA;

EID: 0031494873     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1997.tb00965.x     Document Type: Article

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