Improving the mechanical characteristics of faecal waste in rainbow trout: The influence of fish size and treatment with a non-starch polysaccharide (guar gum)

Aquaculture Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-240

  Brinker, A ^a  

^a Fisheries Research Station of Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Binder; Effluent treatment; Faeces; Guar gum; Life stages; Rheology; Size

Indexed keywords

CYAMOPSIS TETRAGONOLOBA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 65549090956     PISSN: 13535773     EISSN: 13652095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2095.2008.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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