Plasma sex steroids and vitellogenin levels in stellate sturgeon (acipenser stellatus Pallas) during spawning migration in the Danube River

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 18, Issue 4-6, 2002, Pages 391-396

  Ceapa, Cornel ^a   Williot, P ^b   Le Menn, F ^c   Davail Cuisset, B ^c  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX HORMONE; SPAWNING; STEROID;

DANUBE RIVER; ROMANIA;

ACIPENSER STELLATUS;

EID: 0036970285     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0426.2002.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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