Feeding selectivity and growth of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) fed on temperate-zone aquatic macrophytes

Czech Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 271-278

  Setlikova I ^a   Adamek Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cichlids; Elodea canadensis; Fish nutrition; Myriophyllum spicatum; Plant diet; Potamogeton pectinatus; Spirodela polyrhiza

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; ELODEA CANADENSIS; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PECTINATUS; PISCES; SPIRODELA POLYRRHIZA; STUCKENIA PECTINATUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 23744485731     PISSN: 12121819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17221/4310-cjas     Document Type: Article

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