Diet composition and preference of juvenile Murray cod, trout cod and Macquarie perch (Percichthyidae) reared in fertilised earthen ponds

Aquaculture

Volumn 271, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 260-270

  Ingram, Brett A ^a   De Silva, Sena S ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding; Greenwater pond culture; Maccullochella; Macquaria; Selectivity index; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FOOD PREFERENCE; GADOID; NURSERY GROUND; PERCIFORM; POND CULTURE; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COPEPODA; DAPHNIA; MACCULLOCHELLA; MACCULLOCHELLA MACQUARIENSIS; MACCULLOCHELLA PEELII PEELII; MACQUARIA; MACQUARIA AUSTRALASICA; MOINA; PERCICHTHYIDAE; ROTIFERA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 34548240708     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.06.012     Document Type: Article

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