Inhibition of spawning and associated suppression of sex steroid levels during confinement in the substrate-spawning Tilapia zillii

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 152-165

  Coward, K ^a,c   Bromage, N R ^a   Little, D C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crowding; Ovarian development; Sex steroids; Spawning inhibition; Tilapi; Tilapia zillii

Indexed keywords

TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0031911373     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1997.0570     Document Type: Article

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