Effects of Rearing Period in Seawater on Induced Maturation in Female Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-82

  Kagawa, Hirohiko ^a   Iinuma, Norio ^b   Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Ohta, Hiromi ^a   Okuzawa, Koichi ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Female eel; Induced maturation; Seawater rearing; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0006070525     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.64.77     Document Type: Article

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