Effect of dietary administration of 17α-methyltestosterone on the sex ratio of postlarval freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, during the nursery stage of culture

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 328-333

  Ohs, Cortney L ^a   D'Abramo, Louis R ^b   Kelly, Anita M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FRESHWATER; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NURSERY GROUND; PRAWN CULTURE; SEX RATIO;

MACROBRACHIUM ROSENBERGII;

EID: 33746995038     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2006.00045.x     Document Type: Article

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