Growth in adult gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L) as a result of interference in sexual maturation by different photoperiod regimes

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 73-83

  Gines R ^a   Afonso, J M ^a   Arguello A ^a   Zamorano, M J ^a   Lopez J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Growth; Photoperiod; Sexual maturation; Sparus aurata

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; GROWTH; MARICULTURE; PHOTOPERIOD; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; SPARUS; SPARUS AURATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037419625     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00801.x     Document Type: Article

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