Advances in the culture of the Mexican bullseye puffer fish Sphoeroides annulatus, Jenyns (1842)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 718-730

  Chávez Sánchez, María Cristina ^a   Álvarez Lajonchère, Luis ^a   Abdo De La Parra, María Isabel ^a   García Aguilar, Noemí ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN ALIMENTACIÓN Y DESARROLLO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Culture; Eastern Pacific bullseye puffer fish; Sphoeroides annulatus; Tetradontidae

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; FISH CULTURE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; TELEOST;

SPHOEROIDES; SPHOEROIDES ANNULATUS; TETRAODONTIDAE;

EID: 43649098940     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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