The Effect of Diet on Weight Gain, Shell Hardness, and Flavor of New-Shell American Lobster, Homarus americanus

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 69-77

  Donahue, Darrell W ^a   Bayer, Robert C ^a   Work, Therese M ^a   Riley, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA HARENGUS; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; LOBSTER;

EID: 0040118920     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v07n04_05     Document Type: Article

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