Somatic growth, survival, feed utilization and starvation in European elver Anguilla anguilla (linnaeus) under two different photoperiods

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-557

  Rodriguez A ^a,c   Castello Orvay F ^a   Gisbert, Enric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Anguilla anguilla; Culture; Elver; Food intake; Photoperiod; Starvation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EEL; ENERGY USE; FISH CULTURE; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RATE; LIPID; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTEIN; STARVATION; SURVIVAL;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 62349107952     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02129.x     Document Type: Article

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