Assessment of the removal efficiency of fish farm effluents by grey mullets: A nutritional approach

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 1367-1377

  Lupatsch, Ingrid ^a   Katz, Timor ^a   Angel, Dror L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Effluents; Enrichment; Fish farms; Nutritional bioenergetics; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; BIOREMEDIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH CULTURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; NUTRITION; ORGANIC MATTER;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

MUGIL; MUGIL CEPHALUS; MUGILIDAE;

EID: 0346306165     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2003.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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