Influence of salinity on the developmental stages of African catfish Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes, 1840)

Aquaculture

Volumn 224, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 213-222

  Fashina Bombata, H A ^a   Busari, A N ^b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Lagos Stt Min of Agric/Coop   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

African catfish; Hatchability; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FISH CULTURE; HATCHING; SALINITY;

CATFISH; HETEROBRANCHUS; HETEROBRANCHUS LONGIFILIS;

EID: 0038249006     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00273-4     Document Type: Article

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