The impact of elevated water nitrate concentration on physiology, growth and feed intake of African catfish Clarias gariepinus (Burchell 1822)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1499-1511

  Schram, Edward ^a   Roques, Jonathan A C ^a,b   Abbink, Wout ^a   Yokohama, Yanick ^b   Spanings, Tom ^b   de Vries, Pepijn ^a   Bierman, Stijn ^a   van de Vis, Hans ^a   Flik, Gert ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

African catfish; Feed intake; Nitrate toxicity; Recirculating aquaculture systems; Specific growth rate; Stress physiology

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH RESPONSE; NITRATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICA;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 84905030381     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/are.12098     Document Type: Article

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