Effects of bioflocs on water quality, and survival, growth and digestive enzyme activities of Litopenaeus vannamei (Boone) in zero-water exchange culture tanks

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1093-1102

  Xu, Wu Jie ^a   Pan, Lu Qing ^a   Sun, Xiao Hua ^a   Huang, Jie ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bioflocs; Digestive enzyme activity; Growth; Litopenaeus vannamei; Survival; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOCCULATION; GROWTH RATE; PRAWN CULTURE; SUGAR; SURVIVAL; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER QUALITY;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI;

EID: 84878924178     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03115.x     Document Type: Article

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