Observations on the reproductive cycle of cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 48, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 265-278

  Doroshov, Serge I ^a   Moberg, Gary P ^a   Van Eenennaam, Joel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

breeding intervals; gametogenesis; neuroendocrine control; pubertal age and body size

Indexed keywords

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 0030904961     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007336802423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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