Acute and chronic effects of nitrite on white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, cultured in low-salinity brackish water

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-321

  Gross, Amit ^a   Abutbul, Shai ^a   Zilberg, Dina ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACKISH WATER; GROWTH; MORTALITY; NITRITE; SHRIMP CULTURE; TOXICITY;

DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; PENAEIDAE;

EID: 7544241552     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2004.tb00095.x     Document Type: Article

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