Ontogenetic variations of thermal optimum for growth, and its implication on thermolabile sex determination in blue tilapia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 645-660

  Baras, E ^a   Mpo'n'tcha, A ^a,b   Driouch, H ^a,c   Prignon, Ch ^a   Melard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b Direction Des Pêches ^*  (Benin)

^c INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Evolution; Oreochromis; Sex determination; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FISH; ONTOGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE;

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS AUREUS; PISCES; TILAPIA;

EID: 0036711311     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.2002.2087     Document Type: Article

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