Effects of added substrate on the production and population characteristics of freshwater prawns Macrobrachium rosenbergii in ponds

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-22

  Tidwell, James H ^a   Coyle, Shawn D ^a   Schulmeister, Greg ^a  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII; DECAPODA;

FRESHWATER PRAWN; SUBSTRATE; WEIGHT GAIN; YIELD;

EID: 0031747590     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1998.tb00295.x     Document Type: Article

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