Feeding preferences of the dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus, Lowe 1834) larvae reared in semi-intensive conditions: A contribution addressing the domestication of this species

Aquaculture

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 289-296

  Russo, Tommaso ^a   Boglione, Clara ^a   De Marzi, Paolo ^a   Cataudella, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development; Epinephelus marginatus; Fish larvae; Mouth gape; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; FEEDING; FISH; HATCHING; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MESOCOSM; SURVIVAL; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA SALINA; COPEPODA; EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS MARGINATUS;

EID: 61649127071     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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