Nursery rearing of the Asian catfish, Clarias macrocephalus (Günther), at different stocking densities in cages suspended in tanks and ponds

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1031-1036

  Bombeo, Ruby F ^a   Fermin, Armando C ^a   Tan Fermin, Josefa D ^a  

^a SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Asian catfish; Cage nursery; Clarias macrocephalus; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CAGE CULTURE; DENSITY; STOCKING DENSITY;

ASIA;

CATFISH; CLARIAS; CLARIAS MACROCEPHALUS; COPEPODA; MACROCEPHALUS; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037206420     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2002.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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