Effects of storage and incubation temperature on the viability of eggs, embryos and larvae in two strains of an African catfish, Heterobranchus longifilis (Siluriformes, Clariidae)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1358-1369

  Nguenga, David ^a,e   Teugels, Guy G ^b,c   Legendre, Marc ^d   Ollevier, Frans ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e IRAD   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Clariidae; Egg incubation temperature; Egg storage temperature; Heterobranchus longifilis; Strain comparison

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; EGG; FISH CULTURE; INCUBATION; LARVA; STORAGE; VIABILITY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

CATFISH; CLARIIDAE; HETEROBRANCHUS; HETEROBRANCHUS LONGIFILIS; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 9344230834     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01161.x     Document Type: Article

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