Effects of dietary fiber on growth and gastric emptying time of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man, 1879)

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 441-447

  del Carmen González Pena, Maria ^a   Gomes, Santo Z ^b   Moreira, Gloria S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; DIET; DIGESTION; FEEDING; GROWTH;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 0036994623     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2002.tb00023.x     Document Type: Article

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