Effect of fish density during transportation on stress and mortality of juvenile Tambaqui Colossoma macropomum

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-84

  Gomes, Levy C ^a   Araujo Lima, Carlos A R M ^b   Roubach, Rodrigo ^b   Chippari Gomes, Adriana R ^b   Lopes, Nívia P ^b   Urbinati, Elisabeth C ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; MORTALITY; STRESS; TRANSPORTATION;

BRAZIL;

COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; COLOSSOMA MARCOPOMUM;

EID: 0038585159     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2003.tb00041.x     Document Type: Article

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