Nitrogen budget and fluxes in Colossoma macropomum ponds

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-15

  Jiménez Montealegre, Ricardo ^a   Avnimelech, Yoram ^b   Verreth, Johan A J ^c   Verdegem, Marc C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fishpond; Nitrogen budget; Nitrogen flux

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT BUDGET; ORGANIC MATTER; POND;

COLOSSOMA; COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM;

EID: 12444320381     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01174.x     Document Type: Article

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