Effect of feeding rate and frequency on tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) growth, production and feeding costs during the first growth phase in cages

Aquaculture

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 135-139

  Silva, Clichenner Rodrigues ^a   Gomes, Levy Carvalho ^a   Brandão, Franmir Rodrigues ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cage culture; Colossoma macropomum; Feeding costs; Feeding optimization; Growth

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CAGE CULTURE; CARNIVORE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FINFISH; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH RATE; REARING; SURVIVAL;

COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; COLOSSOMA MARCOPOMUM;

EID: 33947149221     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.12.007     Document Type: Article

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