Mortalities caused by the crustacean isopod, Cirolana fluviatilis, in tropical, cage-cultured Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer: A case study from the southwest coast of India

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1626-1633

  Sanil, Nandiath Karayi ^a   Vikas, Pattath Ayyappan ^a   Ratheesh, Thaichira Bahuleyan ^a   George, Kizhakkayil Chandy ^a   Vijayan, Koyadan Kizhakkedath ^a  

^a CENTRAL MARINE FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cage culture; Cirolana fluviatilis; Isopod; Lates calcarifer; Mortality; Pest; Seabass; Southwest coast of India

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAGE CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; ISOPOD; JUVENILE; PERCIFORM; PEST CONTROL; REARING; SKELETON;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

CIROLANA FLUVIATILIS; CIROLANIDAE; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA; LATES CALCARIFER; MALACOSTRACA;

EID: 70349304393     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02263.x     Document Type: Article

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