Hormone profiles of captive striped bass Morone saxatilis during spermiation, and long-term enhancement of milt production

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-392

  Mylonas, Constantinos C ^a   Zohar, Yonathan ^a   Woods III, L Curry ^b   Thomas, Peter ^c   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 0032261401     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1998.tb00662.x     Document Type: Article

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