Effects of water temperature on growth and sex ratio of juvenile Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus) reared in geothermal waters in southern Tunisia

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 98-105

  Azaza, M S ^a   Dhraief M N ^a   Kraiem M M ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LA MER   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Geothermal water; Growth; Maryut strain; Nile tilapia; Oreochromis niloticus; Sex ratio; Survival rate; Temperature; Temperature dependent sex determination; Thermosensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; JUVENILE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TILAPIA; TUNISIA; WATER TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 39149091683     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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