Environmental effects of common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) and mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton) as bottom feeders in major Indian carp polycultures

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1103-1117

  Milstein, A ^a   Wahab, M A ^b   Rahman, M M ^b  

^a Fish and Aquaculture Research Station   (Israel)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Common carp; Mrigal; Multivariate statistics; Polyculture; Punti; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; POLYCULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

CIRRHINUS; CIRRHINUS MRIGALA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LABEO ROHITA;

EID: 0037180350     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2002.00753.x     Document Type: Article

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