Technical evaluation of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) monoculture and tilapia-prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) polyculture in earthen ponds with or without substrates for periphyton development

Aquaculture

Volumn 269, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 232-240

  Uddin, M S ^a   Farzana, A ^a   Fatema, M K ^a   Azim, M E ^b   Wahab, M A ^a   Verdegem, M C J ^c  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Freshwater prawn; Monoculture; Periphyton; Polyculture; Substrates; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; CICHLID; EXPERIMENTAL CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; PERIPHYTON; POLYCULTURE; PRAWN CULTURE; SUBSTRATE; SURVIVAL;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 34447500284     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.05.038     Document Type: Article

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