Dietary salt supplement increases the growth rate in freshwater cultured tilapia hybrids

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1545-1548

  Cnaani, Avner ^a   Barki, Assaf ^a   Slosman, Tatiana ^a   Scharcanski, Alexander ^a   Milstein, Ana ^a   Harpaz, Sheenan ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; FCR; NaCl; Osmolarity; SGR; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CICHLID; FISHERY PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; OSMOREGULATION; SALT;

TILAPIA;

EID: 77957023897     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2009.02438.x     Document Type: Article

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