Annual changes in serum calcium and inorganic phosphate levels and correlation with gonadal status of a freshwater murrel, Channa punctatus (Bloch)

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1069-1073

  Srivastav, S K ^a,b   Srivastav, A K ^a  

^a Department of Zoology   (India)

^b D D U GORAKHPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Calcium; Inorganic phosphate; Reproduction; Teleost; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHANNA MARULIUS MARULIUS; CHANNA PUNCTATUS; TELEOSTEI;

CALCIUM; FRESH WATER; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; MALE; OVARY; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GONADS; MALE; OVARY; PERIODICITY; PHOSPHATES; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0032129904     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X1998000800006     Document Type: Article

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