Digestive response and rates of growth in pre-leptocephalus larvae of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica reared on artificial diets

Aquaculture

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 321-338

  Pedersen, Benedikte H ^a   Ueberschär, Bernd ^b   Kurokawa, Tadahide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Larval growth rates; Pre leptocephalus larvae; Trypsin like activity

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; DIGESTION; EEL; ENZYME;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 0037427731     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00065-0     Document Type: Article

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