Successful Propagation in Seawater of the Guppy Poecilia reticulata with Reference to High Salinity Tolerance at Birth

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 573-575

  Shikano, Takahito ^a   Fujio, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fry; Growth; Guppy; Reproduction; Salinity tolerance

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0000136468     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.573     Document Type: Article

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