The effects of stocking density and social interaction on acute stress response in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (L.) fingerlings

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 887-892

  Barcellos, L J G ^a,b   Nicolaiewsky, S ^a   De Souza, S M G ^a   Lulhier, F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PERCID; STOCKING DENSITY; STRESS;

EID: 0033378905     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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