Does the presence of microalgae influence fish larvae prey capture?

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 362-369

  Rocha, Rui J ^a   Ribeiro, Laura ^a,b   Costa, Ricardo ^a   Dinis, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Centro de Ciencias do Mar   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Development; Feeding ability; Feeding behaviour; Gut content; Solea senegalensis; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; LARVICULTURE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROALGA; PERCIFORM; PREY CAPTURE; PREY SELECTION; STOMACH CONTENT;

ARTEMIA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS OCULATA; ROTIFERA; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; SPARUS AURATA; TETRA; TETRASELMIS CHUII;

EID: 40449086478     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01746.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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