Improvement of the survival in the seven-band grouper Epinephelus septemfasciatus larvae by optimizing aeration and water inlet in the mass-scale rearing tank

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 939-947

  Sakakura, Yoshitaka ^a   Shiotani, Shigeaki ^b   Chuda, Hisashi ^c   Hagiwara, Atsushi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Prefecture Fisheries Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavior; Early mortality; Flow field; Larviculture

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS SEPTEMFASCIATUS;

EID: 33749029894     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01241.x     Document Type: Article

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