Testicular development and serum steroid hormone levels in captive male spotted halibut Verasper variegatus

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 792-798

  Koya, Yasunori ^a   Watanabe, Hiroki ^a   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^b   Ohta, Kengo ^c   Aritaki, Masato ^c   Matsubara, Takahiro ^d  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Japan Sea Farming Associaiton   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; 17, 20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; Halibut; Histology; Reproductive cycle; Testis; Verasper variegatus

Indexed keywords

VERASPER VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0141455932     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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