Swimming, grazing and social behaviour of rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton) and common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) in tanks under fed and non-fed conditions

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 255-264

  Rahman, Mustafizur M ^a   Verdegem, Marc C J ^a   Nagelkerke, Leopold A J ^a   Wahab, Mohammad A ^b   Verreth, Johan A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Artificial feed; Behaviour; Common carp; Grazing; Rohu; Swimming

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MONITORING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LABEO ROHITA;

EID: 47049108920     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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