Enhancement of spermiation in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) at the end of the reproductive season using GnRHa implants

Aquaculture

Volumn 219, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 873-890

  Rainis, Simona ^a,b   Mylonas, Constantinos C ^a   Kyriakou, Yiannos ^c   Divanach, Pascal ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c Dept of Fish and Marine Research ^*  (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Dicentrarchus; GnRHa; Implants; Sea bass; Spermiation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; GAMETOGENESIS; HORMONE; INDUCED RESPONSE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SPERM;

DICENTRARCHUS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 0037414059     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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