Culture of Other Freshwater Prawn Species

Freshwater Prawns: Biology and Farming

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 502-523

  Kutty, Methil Narayanan ^a   Valenti, Wagner Cotroni ^b  

^a São Paulo State University ^*  (India)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adult monsoon river prawn breeding in rivers and lakes; African river prawn (Macrobrachium vollenhovenii); Freshwater prawns of genus Macrobrachium circumtropical in distribution; Lagos State Agricultural Development Project study; Macrobrachium australiense potential prawn species for aquaculture in Australia; Macrobrachium malcolmsonii reared in polyculture; Macrobrachium malcolmsonii omnivore detritivore; Monsoon river prawn, Macrobrachium malcolmsonii; Other freshwater prawn species culture; Painted river prawn (Macrobrachium carcinus)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862636767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314649.ch23     Document Type: Chapter

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