Evaluation of the seed production and grow out culture of blue swimming crab Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) in India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 313-321

  Maheswarudu, G ^a   Jose, Josileen ^a   Manmadhan Nair, K R ^a   Arputharaj, M R ^a   Ramakrishna, A ^a   Vairamani, A ^a   Ramamoorthy, N ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Grow out culture; Hatchery produced first crab instars; Nursery rearing; Shrimp feed; Soft shell crab and Portunus pelagicus

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; CRAB; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHERY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; REARING; STOCKING DENSITY; SURVIVAL;

CALLINECTES DANAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 69249173329     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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