Quantitative protein requirements of the edible snail Pomacea urceus (Muller)

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-256

  Ramnarine, Indar W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PROTEIN; SHELLFISH CULTURE; SNAIL;

AMPULLARIIDAE; GASTROPODA; HELIX POMATIA; POMACEA; POMACEA URCEUS;

EID: 4644262806     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2004.tb01082.x     Document Type: Article

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