Abstract The Amazon River prawn Macrobrachium amazonicum is widely distributed in
South America, and has a high economic value for fisheries and aquaculture. The species …

Los langostinos del género Macrobrachium con interés económico y pesquero son bien
conocidos y explotados en casi todas las comunidades ribereñas de Latinoamérica. Sin …

In South America, the major cultured freshwater prawn is the exotic Macrobrachium
rosenbergii, which has been produced in several countries for many years (Valenti 1993 …

The present study analyzed the inputs, outputs, and accumulation of carbon in ecological
compartments of earthen ponds for the grow-out of Amazon river prawn (Macrobrachium …

Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) systems are designed mainly for efficient use of
resources. Substrates added to aquaculture ponds provide space for periphyton to settle …

Monoculture is an inefficient aquaculture system because on average<~ 20% of the diet
supplied is assimilated by the target species. Integrated aquaculture systems are attractive …

The palaemonid shrimp Macrobrachium amazonicum shows an unusually large geographic
range (ca. 4 000km across) living in coastal, estuarine, and limnic inland habitats of the …

Inputs, outputs, and accumulation of phosphorus were evaluated for monoculture and
polyculture grow‐outs of the Amazon river prawn, Macrobrachium amazonicum and …

Aquaculture has shown great growth in the last decades. Due to the restrictions on water
use, production systems are becoming increasingly more intensive, raising concerns about …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of producing the Amazon river prawn
(Macrobrachium amazonicum) with tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) in integrated multi …