Acute toxicity of copper to juvenile freshwater prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 71-79

  Osunde, Imaze Marian ^a   Coyle, Shawn ^a   Tidwell, James ^a  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copper; Freshwater prawn; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALGICIDE; COPPER; PRAWN CULTURE; TOXICITY;

ALGAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 1842559347     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v14n03_06     Document Type: Article

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