Forage-Based Feeding in Commercial Red Claw Ponds in Ecuador

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 83-90

  Salame, Marcelo J ^a   Rouse, David B ^b  

^a INACUA S A   (Ecuador)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Feeding; Red claw

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010483274     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v10n03_07     Document Type: Article

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