Effects of C/N ratio and substrate addition on natural food communities in freshwater prawn monoculture ponds

Aquaculture

Volumn 306, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 127-136

  Asaduzzaman, M ^a   Rahman, M M ^b   Azim, M E ^c   Islam, M Ashraful ^a   Wahab, M A ^a   Verdegem, M C J ^d   Verreth, J A J ^d  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; C N ratio; Freshwater prawn; Heterotrophic bacteria; Natural food community; Periphyton; Plankton; Substrates addition

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BENTHOS; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON; FOOD CHAIN; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; JUVENILE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NITROGEN; PERIPHYTON; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRAWN CULTURE; PROTEIN; SUBSTRATE; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER COLUMN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; CRUSTACEA; MANIHOT ESCULENTA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 77955055211     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.05.035     Document Type: Article

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