Early identification of sex in cultured white sturgeon, Acipenser transmontanus, using plasma steroid levels

Aquaculture

Volumn 232, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 581-590

  Feist, Grant ^a   Van Eenennaam, Joel P ^b   Doroshov, Serge I ^b   Schreck, Carl B ^a   Schneider, Richard P ^c   Fitzpatrick, Martin S ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CLEAR SPRINGS FOODS INC   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental Quality ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Sex identification; Sex steroids; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; SEX DETERMINATION;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS;

EID: 1542381091     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(03)00486-1     Document Type: Article

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