Biochemical composition of the wild and cultured seahorses, Hippocampus kuda Bleeker and Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 710-719

  Lin, Qiang ^a,b   Lin, Junda ^b   Wang, Chao ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Fatty acids; Hippocampus kuda Bleeker; Hippocampus trimaculatus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; FATTY ACID; FISH; LIPID; PROTEIN; WILD POPULATION;

HIPPOCAMPINAE; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS KUDA; HIPPOCAMPUS TRIMACULATUS;

EID: 63849329280     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.02149.x     Document Type: Article

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