Following the artificially induced eel maturation process by means of in vivo CT scanning

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 217-224

  Müller, Tamás ^a   Romvári, Róbert ^a   Bercsényi, Miklós ^b   Hancz, Csaba ^a   Molnár, Tamás ^a   Szabó, András ^a   Horn, Péter ^a  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EEL; FISH CULTURE; MATURATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 4644338672     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2004.tb01077.x     Document Type: Article

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