Testes maturation of reared Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis at two-plus years old

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1070-1077

  Sawada, Yoshifumi ^a   Seoka, Manabu ^a   Kato, Keitaro ^b   Tamura, Toshihiro ^c   Nakatani, Masahiro ^c   Hayashi, Shoji ^c   Okada, Tokihiko ^c   Tose, Kenichi ^c   Miyashita, Shigeru ^b   Murata, Osamu ^b   Kumai, Hidemi ^b  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shirahama Experimental Station   (Japan)

^c Fish Nursery Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Male; Maturation; Pacific bluefin tuna; Testes; Thunnus orientalis

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 35148867417     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01438.x     Document Type: Article

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