Spawning periodicity, fecundity and egg size in laboratory-held stocks of a substrate-spawning tilapiine, Tilapia zillii (Gervais)

Aquaculture

Volumn 171, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 251-267

  Coward, K ^a   Bromage, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg size; Fecundity; Spawning periodicity; Tilapia; Tilapia zillii

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FECUNDITY; PERIODICITY; SPAWNING;

TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 0033557137     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(98)00498-0     Document Type: Article

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