Tolerance response of tambaqui Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier) to water pH

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 588-594

  Aride, Paulo Henrique Rocha ^a,c   Roubach, Rodrigo ^b   Val, Adalberto Luis ^b  

^a UniNilton Lins   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Centro Universitario Nilton Lins   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Blood; Fish; pH; Tambaqui; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATION; BLOOD; CYPRINID; MORTALITY; PH; TOLERANCE;

AMAZON RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUM; COLOSSOMA MARCOPOMUM;

EID: 34248225378     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01693.x     Document Type: Article

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