Survival of blue king crab Paralithodes platypus Brandt, 1850, larvae in cultivation: Effects of diet, temperature and rearing density

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-397

  Stevens, Bradley G ^a,b   Persselin, Sara ^a   Matweyou, Julie ^a  

^a NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; King crab; Larvae; Paralithodes platypus; Rearing density; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; CRAB; CULTIVATION; DIATOM; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVICULTURE; REARING; STOCK ENHANCEMENT; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTEMIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHACEON AFFINIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ISOCHRYSIS; LIMULUS; PARALITHODES PLATYPUS; THALASSIOSIRA; THALASSIOSIRA NORDENSKIOELDII;

EID: 40449110731     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01798.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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