Seasonal changes in 11-ketotestosterone and relative ventricle mass in wild rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 397-402

  Thorarensen, Helgi ^a,b   Knight, Cameron ^a   Davie, Peter S ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b HÓLAR UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Gonadosomatic index; Heart; Steroid; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 0029863266     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1996.9516726     Document Type: Article

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