Profiling plasma steroid hormones: A non-lethal approach for the study of skate reproductive biology and its potential use in conservation management

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 80, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 285-292

  Sulikowski, James A ^a   Driggers III, William B ^b   Ingram Jr , G Walter ^b   Kneebone, Jeff ^c   Ferguson, Darren E ^c   Tsang, Paul C W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Non lethal technique; Reproduction; Sexual maturity; Skate; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HORMONE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURITY; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

BATOIDEA; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 34948845523     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-007-9257-y     Document Type: Article

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