Alternate-day feeding strategy for Nile tilapia grow out in the Philippines: Marginal cost-revenue analyses

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-197

  Bolivar, Remedios B ^a   Jimenez, Eddie Boy T ^a   Brown, Christopher L ^b  

^a CENTRAL LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 33845328470     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/A05-012.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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