Genetic monitoring for spawning ecology of captive yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) using mitochondrial DNA variation

Aquaculture

Volumn 218, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 387-395

  Niwa, Yukiyasu ^a   Nakazawa, Akio ^b   Margulies, Daniel ^c   Scholey, Vernon P ^d   Wexler, Jeanne B ^c   Chow, Seinen ^e  

^a INTEM Consulting Inc   (Japan)

^b Overseas Fish Coop Foundation   (Japan)

^c INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

^d Inter American Tropical Tuna Commission   (Panama)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genetic monitoring; Mitochondrial DNA; Spawning profile; Yellowfin tuna

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MONITORING; SPAWNING;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS ALBACARES;

EID: 0037468981     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00015-2     Document Type: Article

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