Rearing male bluegills indoors may be advantageous for producing food-size sunfish

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 496-508

  Hayward, Robert S ^a   Wang, Han Ping ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; GROWTH; REARING; REPRODUCTION; TELEOST; TEMPERATURE;

CENTRARCHIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS CYANELLUS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; PISCES;

EID: 33751335058     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2006.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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