Shrimp and fish pond soils: Processes and management

Aquaculture

Volumn 220, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 549-567

  Avnimelech, Yoram ^a   Ritvo, Gad ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fish; Redox; Sediment; Shrimp; Sludge; Soil

Indexed keywords

ANOXIA; FISH CULTURE; POND CULTURE; SHRIMP CULTURE; SOIL; TOXICITY;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0037437037     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00641-5     Document Type: Article

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