Mass produced nematodes Panagrellus redivivus as live food for rearing carp larvae: Preliminary results

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 547-551

  Schlechtriem, Christian ^a   Ricci, Manuele ^b   Focken, Ulfert ^a   Becker, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b BioTecnologie BT Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artemia; Cyprinus carpio; Fatty acids; Larval feeding; Panagrellus redivivus

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BODY MASS; CYPRINID; FEEDING; FISH CULTURE; NEMATODE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; REARING; SURVIVAL;

ARTEMIA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HELIANTHUS; NEMATODA; PANAGRELLUS; PANAGRELLUS REDIVIVUS;

EID: 2342537652     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01049.x     Document Type: Article

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