Ovarian Development and Serum Steroid Hormone Profiles in Hatchery-bred Female Catfish Clarias macrocephalus (Gunther) during an Annual Reproductive Cycle

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 867-872

  Tan Fermin, Josefa D ^a   Ijiri, Shigeho ^b   Ueda, Hiroshi ^b   Adachi, Shinji ^b   Yamauchi, Kohei ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST ASIAN FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (Philippines)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Catfish; Reproduction; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS MACROCEPHALUS; MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 0008968599     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.867     Document Type: Article

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