The role of sex ratio on spawning performance and on the free and conjugated sex steroids released into the water by common dentex (Dentex dentex) broodstock

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-262

  Pavlidis, Michael ^a   Greenwood, Lorraine ^b   Scott, Alexander P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b The Centre for Environment   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broodstock; Common dentex; Dentex dentex; Sex ratio; Sex steroids; Spawning

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONIDE; OXOSTEROID; SEX HORMONE; SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTEX DENTEX; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILITY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING;

EID: 4444236726     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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