The effects of artificial substrates on freshwater pond productivity and water quality and the implications for periphyton-based aquaculture

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 231-241

  Azim, Mohammed Ekram ^a   Wahab, Mohammed Abdul ^b   Verdegem, Marc C J ^a   Van Dam, Anne A ^a   Van Rooij, Jules M ^a   Beveridge, Malcolm C M ^c,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Periphyton; Productivity; Proximate composition; Tropical aquaculture

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; PERIPHYTON; POND CULTURE; PRODUCTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA;

EID: 0036761173     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0990-7440(02)01179-8     Document Type: Article

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