Buckets of muckets: A compact system for rearing juvenile freshwater mussels

Aquaculture

Volumn 254, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 227-233

  Barnhart, M C ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Juvenile; Mussel; Propagation; Unionidae

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FRESHWATER; GROWTH RATE; MONOCULTURE; MUSSEL CULTURE; REARING; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SUBMERSIBLE; TOXICITY TEST; WATER QUALITY;

LAMPSILIS SILIQUOIDEA; NEOCHLORIS OLEOABUNDANS; UNIONIDAE;

EID: 33646125611     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.08.028     Document Type: Article

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