Closing the reproductive cycle: Growth of the seahorse Hippocampus reidi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae) from birth to adulthood under experimental conditions

Aquaculture

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 37-41

  Hora, Maik dos Santos Cividanes da ^a   Joyeux, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Growth; Longsnout seahorse; Mortality; Ornamental; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CAPTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEXUAL MATURITY; TELEOST; ZOOPLANKTON;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ARTEMIA; HIPPOCAMPUS (FISH); HIPPOCAMPUS REIDI; MYSIDA; SYNGNATHIDAE; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 67349256930     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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