Mariculture of the Oyster Toadfish: Juvenile Growth and Survival

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 289-299

  Mensinger, Allen F ^a,b   Price, Nichole N ^b   Richmond, Hazel E ^b   Forsythe, John W ^c   Hanlon, Roger T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; ARTEMIA; BATRACHOIDIDAE GEN. SP.; CEPHALOPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LOLIGO; OPSANUS TAU; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0242667631     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/C02-056     Document Type: Article

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