In situ study on the control of toxic Microcystis blooms using phytoplanktivorous fish in the subtropical Lake Taihu of China: A large fish pen experiment

Aquaculture

Volumn 265, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 127-138

  Ke, Zhixin ^a   Xie, Ping ^a   Guo, Longgen ^a   Liu, Yaqin ^a   Yang, Hua ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bighead carp; Biomanipulation; Filtration rate; Fish pens; Microcystins; Microcystis blooms; Silver carp

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; FILTER FEEDER; FISH CULTURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTIVORE; STOCKING DENSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; MEILIANG BAY; TAIHU LAKE;

CRUSTACEA; CYPRINIDAE; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; MICROCYSTIS;

EID: 34047100231     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.01.049     Document Type: Article

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