Pituitary collection from gibel carp Carassius gibelio (Bloch 1782) in Lake Pamvotis (Greece): Prospects for use in carp reproduction

Israeli Journal of Aquaculture - Bamidgeh

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 162-167

  Perdikaris, Costas ^a   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^b   Chantzaropoulos, Athanasios ^a   Nathanailides, Cosmas ^a   Gouva, Evangelia ^a   Paschos, Ioannis ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EPIRUS   (Greece)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

cLH levels; Gibel carp; Greece; Lake Pamvotis; Pituitaries

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONE; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; REPRODUCTION;

EPIRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IOANNINA; LAKE PAMVOTIS; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARASSIUS GIBELIO; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 35448957219     PISSN: 0792156X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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