Long-to-short photoperiod in winter halves the incidence of sexual maturity among Arctic charr

Aquaculture

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 567-580

  Duston, J ^a   Astatkie, T ^a   MacIsaac, P F ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age at sexual maturity; Photoperiod; Salmonid fish

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; BODY SIZE; PHOTOPERIOD; SALMONID; SEXUAL MATURITY;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 0242584890     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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