Bacteria in shrimp pond sediments: Their role in mineralizing nutrients and some suggested sampling strategies

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 843-849

  Burford, M A ^a,d   Peterson, E L ^b,d   Baiano, J C F ^c,d   Preston, N P ^a,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Centre for Food Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM SAMPLING; FLOCCULATION; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POND; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; TROPICS;

BACTERIUM; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP CULTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

PENAEUS MONODON;

EID: 0032408383     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1998.tb01110.x     Document Type: Article

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