Thermal and hormonal feminization of all male YY Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 114-122

  Karayücel, Ismihan ^a   Penman, David ^b   Karayücel, Sedat ^a   McAndrew, Brendan ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Hormonal sex reversal; Thermal sex reversal; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; FEMINIZATION; FISH CULTURE; HORMONE; SEX REVERSAL; TEMPERATURE;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0345328818     PISSN: 0792156X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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