Impairment of thymus development in cultured osmerid fish, the ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis

Aquaculture

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 535-548

  Miwa, S ^a,c   Sakai, A ^b   Nakane, M ^a,d  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Shiga Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Kumamoto Prefectural Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ayu; Crowding; Plecoglossus altivelis; Rearing density; Temperature; Thymus

Indexed keywords

FISH; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE;

OSMERIDAE; PLECOGLOSSUS ALTIVELIS;

EID: 0242417013     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(02)00661-0     Document Type: Article

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