Use of endoscopy for gender and ovarian stage determinations in Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii) grown in aquaculture

Aquaculture

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 158-166

  Hurvitz, Avshalom ^a,b   Jackson, Karen ^b,c   Degani, Gad ^b,c   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gender identification; Ovarian histology; Sturgeon

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FINFISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GENETIC MARKER; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

BLACK SEA; CASPIAN SEA; EURASIA; SEA OF AZOV;

ACIPENSER GUELDENSTAEDTII; ACIPENSERIDAE;

EID: 34547655934     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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