Seasonal variation in the condition index of Pacific oyster postlarvae (Crassostrea gigas) in a land-based nursery in Sonora, Mexico

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-128

  Barraza Guardado, Ramón H ^a   Chávez Villalba, Jorge ^b   Atilano Silva, Héctor ^a   Hoyos Chairez, Francisco ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c Instituto de Acuacultura   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Condition index; Crassostrea gigas; Oyster; Postlarvae; Seston

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; HATCHERY; LARVA; MOLLUSC; MOLLUSC CULTURE; PH; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEAWATER; SESTON;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE; PHYTOMASTIGOPHOREA;

EID: 58149151356     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02076.x     Document Type: Article

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