Mortalities of farm-raised kuruma prawn Penaeus japonicus caused by high pH ambient water due to blooms of a blue-green alga, Chroococcus turgidus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 129-135

  Momoyama, Kazuo ^a  

^a Yamaguchi Prefectural Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blue green alga; Chroococcus turgidus; High pH water; Kuruma prawn; Mortality; Penaeus japonicus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; CHROOCOCCUS; CHROOCOCCUS TURGIDUS; CYANOBACTERIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MARSUPENAEUS JAPONICUS; PENAEUS; PENAEUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 10644250084     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.39.129     Document Type: Article

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