Delayed ovarian development and reduced serum steroid levels in female largemouth bass, Micropterus salmoides Lacepede, raised on pelleted feed

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 115-122

  Rosenblum, Paul M ^a   Horne, H L ^b   Swim, J D ^b  

^a LYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MICROPTERUS SALMOIDES;

EID: 0032895560     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00307.x     Document Type: Article

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