Effect of oceanographic environments on sexual maturation, salinity tolerance, and vasotocin gene expression in homing chum salmon

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 389-396

  Saito, Daisuke ^a   Ota, Yuki ^a   Hiraoka, Shuichi ^a   Hyodo, Susumu ^b   Ando, Hironori ^a   Urano, Akihisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA;

EID: 0035532906     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.389     Document Type: Article

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