Acute toxicity of ammonia and nitrite to pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, at low salinities

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-446

  Schuler, Dominic J ^a   Boardman, Gregory D ^a   Kuhn, David D ^b   Flick, George J ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANTAGONISM; AQUACULTURE METHOD; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NITRITE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SALINITY; SHRIMP CULTURE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); SYNERGISM; TOXICITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI;

EID: 77954652018     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2010.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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