The effect of a commercial bacterial supplement on the high-density culturing of Litopenaeus vannamei with a low-protein diet in an outdoor tank system and no water exchange

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 215-227

  McIntosh, Dennis ^a   Samocha, T M ^a,b   Jones, E R ^b   Lawrence, A L ^a   McKee, D A ^b   Horowitz, S ^c   Horowitz, A ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^c Environmental and Aquaculture Microbiology Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial supplement; Litopenaeus vannamei; Water quality; Zero water discharge

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BACTERIAL SUPPLEMENT; BODY WEIGHT; FEED ADDITIVE; GROWTH; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SEDIMENT; SLUDGE; SLURRY; SURVIVAL;

AQUACULTURE METHOD; DIET; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION;

DECAPODA; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI;

EID: 0033988878     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8609(99)00030-8     Document Type: Article

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