Do granular substrates enhance microbiota availability and growth in cultured Rana catesbeiana tadpoles?

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 616-621

  Martínez Cárdenas, Leonardo ^a   Flores Nava, Alejandro ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biogenic capacity; Growth; Metamorphosis; Rana catesbeiana; Substrate

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; GROWTH RATE; SUBSTRATE;

ANURA; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHLOROPHYCEAE; MICROBIOTA; PROTOZOA; RANA CATESBEIANA; ROTIFERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2542491580     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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