Influence of Conspecific Contact Upon Blood Sex Steroid Levels and the Dynamics of Ovarian Development in Female Red-Bellied Tilapia, Tilapia zillii

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-34

  Coward, K ^a   Bromage, N R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ovarian development; Steroid levels; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039182141     PISSN: 10454438     EISSN: 15450805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J028v09n01_02     Document Type: Article

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