Prediction of cannibalism in juvenile Oreochromis niloticus based on predator to prey weight ratio, and effects of age and stocking density

Aquaculture

Volumn 255, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 314-322

  Fessehaye, Yonas ^a   Kabir, Anamul ^a   Bovenhuis, Henk ^a   Komen, Hans ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body measurements; Cannibalism; Nile tilapia; Oreochromis niloticus; Predator prey weight ratio

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; MORTALITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 33646881772     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2005.11.033     Document Type: Article

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