Masculinization of spawning channel catfish in the Red River of the North

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 491-494

  Hegrenes, Scott G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033532049     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447497     Document Type: Article

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