Control of gonadal maturation and regression by experimental variation of environmental factors in the mormyrid fish, Mormyrus rume proboscirostris

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-233

  Schugardt, Christian ^a   Kirschbaum, Frank ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

conductivity; cyclical reproduction; fractional spawning; gonad histology; water level

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; MATURATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; WATER LEVEL;

MORMYRUS; MORMYRUS RUME; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142712322     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EBFI.0000033340.49266.f3     Document Type: Article

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