Testicular development and serum profiles of steroid hormone levels in captive male Pacific herring Clupea pallasii during their first maturational cycle

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1099-1105

  Koya, Yasunori ^a   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^b   Yamamoto, Kazuhisa ^c,e   Obana, Hiroyuki ^c   Matsubara, Takahiro ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Sea Farming Associaiton   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefectural Foundation for Fish Promotion Sea Farming Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; 17,20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; Pacific herring; Reproductive cycle; Testicular development; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEA PALLASI; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0036774524     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2002.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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