Effects of diet, stocking density and environmental factors on growth, survival and metamorphosis of clam, Paphia malabarica (Chemnitz) larvae

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 928-933

  Raghavan, Gireesh ^a,b   Gopinathan, Cherukara Purushothaman ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

Diet; Growth and metamorphosis; Illumination intensity; Paphia malabarica; Stocking density; Survival

Indexed keywords

CLAM CULTURE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTRATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT INTENSITY; METAMORPHOSIS; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL;

BIVALVIA; ISOCHRYSIS GALBANA; NANNOCHLOROPSIS SALINA; PAPHIA MALABARICA;

EID: 45149120489     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01951.x     Document Type: Article

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