Inherent variation in growth efficiency of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) juveniles

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 868-875

  Martins, Catarina I M ^a   Schrama, Johan W ^a   Verreth, Johan A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African catfish; Feeding behaviour; Growth efficiency; Individual housing; Inherent variation

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; GROWTH;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 21244451573     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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