Effects of different feeding frequency on the growth, survival and feed conversion ratio of the Asian sea bass Lates calcarifer juveniles reared under hypersaline seawater of the Red Sea

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 561-567

  Salama, Adnan Jameel ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asian sea bass; Feed conversion ratio; Feeding frequency; Growth; Hyper saline; Lates calcarifer; Survival

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; REARING; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

LATES CALCARIFER; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 42449113842     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2007.01890.x     Document Type: Article

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