Osmolality and ion balance in giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii subjected to changes in salinity: Role of sex

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 555-560

  Cheng, Winton ^a   Liu, Chun Hung ^a   Cheng, Chih Hsin ^b   Chen, Jiann Chu ^b  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chloride; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Osmolality; Salinity; Sex; Sodium

Indexed keywords

OSMOREGULATION; PRAWN CULTURE; SALINITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII; METAPENAEUS BENNETTAE; PALAEMONIDAE;

EID: 0038379071     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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