Fecundity, growth, and survival of the angelfish Pterophyllum scalare (Perciformes: Cichlidae) under laboratory conditions

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 741-747

  Ortega Salas, Armando A ^a   Cortés G, Isabel ^b   Reyes Bustamante, Hugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Angelfish; Culture; Fecundity; Growth; Pterophyllum scalare (Perciformes: Cichlidae); Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA; BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; PERCIFORMES; PTEROPHYLLUM; PTEROPHYLLUM SCALARE; ROTIFERA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CICHLID; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; DIET; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LARVA; MALE; OVUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949909939     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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