First results of floating cage culture of the African catfish Heterobranchus longifilis Valenciennes, 1840: Effect of stocking density on survival and growth rates

Aquaculture

Volumn 263, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 61-67

  Coulibaly, A ^a   Ouattara, I N ^a   Kone T ^a   N'Douba, V ^a   Snoeks, J ^b   Goore Bi G ^a   Kouamelan E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Density; Floating cage; Growth; Heterobranchus longifilis; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CAGE CULTURE; CANNIBALISM; FISH CULTURE; FLOATING STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; REARING; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; WEIGHT;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; LAKE AYAME; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

HETEROBRANCHUS LONGIFILIS;

EID: 33846650355     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.11.022     Document Type: Article

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