Effects of adding the small fish punti (Puntius sophore Hamilton) and/or mola (Amblypharyngodon mola Hamilton) to a polyculture of large carp

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-163

  Wahab, M A ^a   Alim, M A ^a   Milstein, Ana ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Fish and Aquaculture Research Station   (Israel)

Author keywords

Catla; Mirror carp; Mola; Multivariate statistics; Polyculture; Punti; Rohu; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CASH CROPPING; POLYCULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

BANGLADESH;

ALGAE; AMBLYPHARYNGODON; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LABEO ROHITA; MOLA; PUNTIUS; PUNTIUS SOPHORE; SOPHORA;

EID: 0037474283     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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