Effects of slow release gonadotropin releasing hormone analog on milt characteristics and plasma levels of gonadal steroids in greenback flounder, Rhombosolea tapirina

Aquaculture

Volumn 240, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 505-516

  Lim, Han Kyu ^a,b   Pankhurst, Ned William ^a   Fitzgibbon, Quinn Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

GnRH; Gonadal steroid; Greenback flounder; Milt; Sperm motility; Spermatocrit

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

PLEURONECTOIDEI; RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA;

EID: 4744370567     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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