Digestibility of Bamboo-Grown Periphyton by Carps (Catla catla, Labeo rohita, Cirrhinus mrigala, Cyprinus carpio, Ctenopharyngodon idella, and Tor khudree) and Hybrid Red Tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus × O. niloticus)

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