Current status and prospects of farming the giant river prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (De Man) and the monsoon river prawn Macrobrachium malcolmsonii (H.M. Edwards) in India

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 999-1014

  Nair, C Mohanakumaran ^a   Salin, K R ^a  

^a KERALA UNIVERSITY OF FISHERIES AND OCEAN STUDIES   (India)

Author keywords

Freshwater prawn farming; India; Macrobrachium rosenbergii; Status

Indexed keywords

BROOD STOCK; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY; WILD POPULATION;

INDIA;

EID: 84862591676     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2011.03074.x     Document Type: Review

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