Current status of freshwater prawn culture in Vietnam and the development and transfer of seed production technology

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Phuong, Nguyen Thanh ^a   Hai, Tran Ngoc ^a   Hien, Tran Thi Thanh ^a   Bui, Tran Van ^a   Huong, Do Thi Thanh ^a   Son, Vu Nam ^a   Morooka, Yoshinori ^b,c   Fukuda, Yutaka ^b,d   Wilder, Marcy N ^b  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Freshwater prawns; Green water; Mekong Delta; Rice prawn farming; Seed production

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 33645047454     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01109.x     Document Type: Review

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