Effect of ambient water temperature on sex determinism in the blue tilapia Oreochromis aureus

Aquaculture

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Desprez, D ^a   Melard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Oreochromis aureus; Sex determinism; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345451021     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00242-1     Document Type: Article

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