Sex differences in circulating steroid hormone levels in the red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus L.

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1464-1472

  Kucherka, Wilbert D ^a,b   Thomas, Peter ^a   Khan, Izhar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

11 ketotestosterone; Precocious maturation; Red drum; Sex identification; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; GENDER IDENTITY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MATURATION; PHOTOTAXIS; SEX ALLOCATION; STEROID;

SCIAENOPS OCELLATUS;

EID: 33749551131     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01583.x     Document Type: Article

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