Septic tank treatment of the effluent from a small-scale commercial recycle aquaculture system

North American Journal of Aquaculture

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-68

  Summerfelt, Robert C ^a   Penne, Christopher R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPTERUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES; MORONE; MORONE CHRYSOPS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SANDER VITREUS; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 53649098591     PISSN: 15222055     EISSN: 15488454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/A06-010.1     Document Type: Article

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