Effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analog on milt production enhancement in starry flounder Platichthys stellatus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1197-1204

  Lim, Han Kyu ^a   Han, Hyon Sob ^a   Chang, Young Jin ^b  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone analog; Milt production; Seminal plasma; Sperm motility; Spermatocrit

Indexed keywords

PLATICHTHYS STELLATUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0036924414     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2002.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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