Foraging, growth and survival of Atlantic cod larvae reared in different light intensities and photoperiods

Aquaculture

Volumn 214, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 131-151

  Puvanendran, Velmurugu ^a   Brown, Joseph A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth; Larval cod; Light intensity; Mortality; Photoperiod; Survival

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH; LARVA; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORTALITY; PHOTOPERIOD; SURVIVAL;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0037111014     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00045-5     Document Type: Article

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