Optimal feed pellet size for culturing juvenile spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii (Hutton, 1875) in New Zealand

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 913-916

  Sheppard, J K ^a   Bruce, M P ^b   Jeffs, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Diet size; Spiny lobster

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOBSTER CULTURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA; JASUS; JASUS EDWARDSII; LOBSTER; PALINURIDAE; PONTOPHILUS SPINOSUS;

EID: 0037044246     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2002.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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