Induced spawning, larval development and rearing of two indigenous Malaysian mahseer, Tor tambroides and T. douronensis

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1001-1014

  Ingram, Brett ^a   Sungan, Stephen ^b   Gooley, Geoff ^a   Sih, Yang Sim ^c   Tinggi, David ^b   De Silva, Sena S ^d  

^a Department of Agriculture ^*  (Australia)

^b Department of Agriculture   (Malaysia)

^c Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia Pacific   (Thailand)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broodstock; Conservation; Mahseer; Pond reared; Spawning; Tor

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

PISCES; TOR DOURONENSIS;

EID: 22544482357     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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