Gonad histology and plasma steroid profiles in wild New Zealand freshwater eels (Anguilla dieffenbachii and A. australis) before and at the onset of the natural spawning migration. II. Males

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 339-347

  Lokman, P M ^a,b   Young, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla australis; Anguilla dieffenbachii; Freshwater eels (Teleostei); Histology; Male; Spawning migration; Spermatogenesis; Steroid profiles

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANGUILLA DIEFFENBACHII; ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0000308810     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007767330225     Document Type: Article

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