Simulating the economic viability of Nile tilapia and Australian redclaw crayfish polyculture in Yucatan, Mexico

Aquaculture

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-159

  Ponce Marbán, Donny ^a   Hernández, Juan M ^b   Gasca Leyva, Eucario ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic viability; Polyculture; Redclaw crayfish; Tilapia; Yucatan, Mexico

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CRAYFISH; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FISH; FISHERY MODELING; POLYCULTURE; PROFITABILITY; RURAL ECONOMY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

ASTACOIDEA; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 33750518004     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.06.047     Document Type: Article

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