Seahorse behaviour and aquaculture: How to improve Hippocampus guttulatus husbandry and reproduction?

Aquaculture

Volumn 282, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 33-40

  Faleiro, Filipa ^a   Narciso, Luís ^a   Vicente, Luís ^b  

^a Centra de Oceanografia   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Behaviour; Hippocampus guttulatus; Husbandry; Long snouted seahorse; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; AQUACULTURE; GROUP SIZE; LABORATORY METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; REARING; REPRODUCTION; TELEOST;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS GUTTULATUS;

EID: 50649116373     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.05.038     Document Type: Article

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