Water quality fluctuations in a closed recirculating system for the intensive culture of the guppy, Poecilia reticulata (Peters)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 611-615

  Kaiser, H ^a,b   Paulet, T G ^a   Endemann, F ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Dept of Ichthyology and Fish Sci ^*  (South Africa)

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EID: 0031688220     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1998.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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