Observations on feed size and capture success in the larval butterfly splitfin (Ameca splendens Miller and Fitzsimons, 1971, Pisces: Goodeidae) reared on zooplankton

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-269

  Pena Aguado F ^a   Nandini, S ^a,b   Sarma, S S S ^a  

^a Division de Investigacion y Posgrado   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALONA RECTANGULA; AMECA SPLENDENS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CERIODAPHNIA DUBIA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX; GOODEIDAE; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; MOINA MACROCOPA; OSTRACODA; PISCES; ROTIFERA; SIMOCEPHALUS VETULUS;

EID: 34249785964     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2007.00836.x     Document Type: Article

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