Determination of appropriate age and stocking density of vundu larvae, Heterobranchus longifilis (Valenciennes 1840), at the weaning time

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-32

  Imorou Toko, Ibrahim ^a,b   Fiogbé, Emile D ^a   Kestemont, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Larvae; Stocking density; Vundu; Weaning age

Indexed keywords

FEEDING; FISH CULTURE; GROWTH; LARVA; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; WEANING;

HETEROBRANCHUS LONGIFILIS;

EID: 37349051415     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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