Filtration of green algae and cyanobacteria by Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, in the Partitioned Aquaculture System

Aquaculture

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 93-101

  Turker, Hakan ^a   Eversole, Arnold G ^a   Brune, David E ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Filter feeding model; Filtration rate; PAS; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FILTER FEEDER; FILTRATION; GREEN ALGA;

ANKISTRODESMUS; MERISMOPEDIA; MICROCYSTIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SCENEDESMUS;

EID: 0037427715     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00133-3     Document Type: Article

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