Survival of silver catfish fingerlings exposed to acute changes of water pH and hardness

Aquaculture International

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 413-419

  Townsend, Clarice Ramalho ^a   Baldisserotto, Bernardo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fingerlings; Hardness; pH; Silver catfish (Rhamdia quelen); Survival

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; HARDNESS; PH; SURVIVAL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CATFISH; RHAMDIA; RHAMDIA QUELEN;

EID: 0035781616     PISSN: 09676120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020592226860     Document Type: Article

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