Induced sex change, spawning and larviculture of potato grouper, Epinephelus tukula

Aquaculture

Volumn 228, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 371-381

  Yeh, Shinn Lih ^a,b   Dai, Quen Chai ^b   Chu, Yeong Torng ^b   Kuo, Ching Ming ^c   Ting, Yun Yuan ^b   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Gonadal development; Grouper; Implantation; Larval rearing; Sex change; Spawning

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; LARVA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPAWNING;

EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS TUKULA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0344099189     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00316-8     Document Type: Article

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