Hatchery Systems and Management

Freshwater Prawns: Biology and Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 55-85

  Valenti, Wagner Cotroni ^a   Daniels, William H ^b   New, Michael Bernard ^c   Correia, Eudes S ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wroxton Lodge   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL RURAL DE PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artificial seawater in closed system hatcheries; Flow through hatchery system; Flow through hatchery systems; Hatchery design rate and timing of production of postlarvae (PL); Hatchery problems and poor management; Hatchery systems and management; M. rosenbergii hatcheries and dynamic closed system; Rate of water recirculation fundamental for system efficiency; Recirculating (closed) system water circulation through mechanical and biofilters; Water source and treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051751599     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314649.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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