Sewage-fed aquaculture: The Calcutta model

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 73-85

  Jana, B B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KALYANI   (India)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Sewage utilization; Tropical fish ponds; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER;

INDIA;

EID: 0032193862     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-8574(98)00024-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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