Laboratory analysis of predation by cyclopoid copepods on first-feeding larvae of cultured Brazilian fishes

Aquaculture

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 123-140

  Fregadolli, Carlos Henrique ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cladocerans; Fin damage; First feeding larvae; Growth; Mortality; Thermocyclops decipiens

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; FEEDING; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; PREDATION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

COLOSSOMA; COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; COPEPODA; CYCLOPOIDA; MYSIDAE; PIARACTUS; PIARACTUS MESOPOTAMICUS; PISCES; THERMOCYCLOPS; THERMOCYCLOPS DECIPIENS;

EID: 0344099374     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00318-1     Document Type: Article

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