Synchronous hermaphroditism and self-fertilization in a captive shortnose sturgeon

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-60

  Henne, James P ^a   Ware, Kent M ^a   Wayman, William R ^b   Bakal, Robert S ^b   Horváth, Ákos ^c,d  

^a Bears Bluff National Fish Hatchery   (United States)

^b Warm Springs Fish Technology Center   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; HERMAPHRODITISM; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY;

ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACIPENSER BREVIROSTRUM;

EID: 33749172160     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T05-067.1     Document Type: Article

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