Morphometric prediction of cannibalism in larviculture of orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides

Aquaculture

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 203-207

  Hseu, Jinn Rong ^a,b   Chang, Hui Fen ^b   Ting, Yun Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Grouper; Larviculture

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FISH CULTURE; LARVA; MORPHOMETRY; PREDICTION;

EPINEPHELUS ANALOGUS; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES;

EID: 0037468970     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00315-0     Document Type: Article

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