Mechanisms underlying photoperiodic effects on age at sexual maturity in Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar

Aquaculture

Volumn 177, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 47-60

  Taranger, Geir Lasse ^a,b   Haux, Carl ^c   Hansen, Tom ^a   Stefansson, Sigurd O ^a,b   Björnsson, Björn Thrandur ^c   Walther, Bernt Th ^d   Kryvi, Harald ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Oestradiol 17 ; Oocyte development; Photoperiod; Somatic growth; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURITY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0033168082     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(99)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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