Effects of incubation temperature on embryonic development rate, sex ratio and post-hatching growth in the Chinese three-keeled pond turtle, Chinemys reevesii

Aquaculture

Volumn 272, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 747-753

  Du, Wei Guo ^a   Hu, Ling Jun ^a   Lu, Jian Lei ^a   Zhu, Ling Jun ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinemys reevesii; Egg; Hatchling trait; Incubation duration; Incubation temperature; Post hatching growth; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TURTLE;

EMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS REEVESII; TESTUDINES;

EID: 35948976967     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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