Ontogeny of digestive and immune system organs of larval and juvenile kelp grouper Epinephelus bruneus reared in the laboratory

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1061-1069

  Kato, Keitaro ^a   Ishimaru, Katsuya ^a   Sawada, Yoshifumi ^a   Mutsuro, Junichi ^a   Miyashita, Shigeru ^a   Murata, Osamu ^a   Kumai, Hidemi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digestive system; Epinephelus bruneus; Immune system; Juvenile; Kelp grouper; Larvae

Indexed keywords

EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS BRUNEUS; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 11144266687     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00906.x     Document Type: Article

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