Effect of salinity on the egg hatching and early larvae of horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas (Muller, 1785) in laboratory culture

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2620-2626

  Zaleha, K ^a   Hazwani, I ^b   Siti Hamidah, H ^b   Kamaruzzaman, B Y ^c   Jalal, K C A ^c  

^a Institute of Tropical Aquaculture   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

^c INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Egg hatching; Horseshoe crab; Incubation period; Larvae; Molting; Salinity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958250863     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2620.2626     Document Type: Article

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