The effects of size grading and length of nursery period on growth and population structure of freshwater prawns stocked in temperate zone ponds with added substrates

Aquaculture

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 209-218

  Tidwell, James H ^a   Coyle, Shawn D ^a   Bright, Leigh Anne ^a   VanArnum, Aaron ^a   Weibel, Charles ^a  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freshwater prawn; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Size grading; Substrate

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; POND CULTURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRAWN CULTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 0037468954     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00341-1     Document Type: Article

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