Biochemical and technical observations supporting the use of copepods as live feed organisms in marine larviculture

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 756-772

  Drillet, Guillaume ^a   Jørgensen, Niels O G ^b   Sørensen, Thomas F ^a   Ramløv, Hans ^a   Hansen, Benni W ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acartia; Amino acid; Brachionus; Copepod; Fatty acid; Rotifer; Tisbe

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FATTY ACID; FISH CULTURE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVICULTURE;

ACARTIA; ACARTIA TONSA; ALGAE; BRACHIONUS; COPEPODA; ROTIFERA; TISBE;

EID: 33645755199     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01489.x     Document Type: Article

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