Rates of yolk utilization and effects of delayed initial feeding in the larvae of the freshwater fishes rohu and singhi

Aquaculture International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-56

  Mookerji, Nandita ^a,b   Rao, T Ramakrisha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Fish larvae; Point of no return; Rohu (Labeo rohita); Singhi (Heteropneustes fossilis); Starvation effects

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; GROWTH; LARVA; SURVIVAL;

HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; LABEO ROHITA;

EID: 0032734967     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009244819835     Document Type: Article

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