Effect of tank proportions on survival of seven-band grouper Epinephelus septemfasciatus (Thunberg) and devil stinger Inimicus japonicus (Cuvier) larvae

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-200

  Ruttanapornvareesakul, Yaowalux ^b   Sakakura, Yoshitaka ^a   Hagiwara, Atsushi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Industrial Promotion Foundation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Devil stinger; Growth; Rearing tank proportion; Seven band grouper; Surface death; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; FINFISH; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL TRANSPORT; LARVICULTURE; MORTALITY; REARING; SURVIVAL;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS SEPTEMFASCIATUS; INIMICUS JAPONICUS;

EID: 33846799477     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01653.x     Document Type: Article

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