Effects of maternal age on fecundity, spawning interval, and egg quality of nile tilapia, oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 671-677

  Tsadik Getinet, G ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HATCHING; SPAWNING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; NILE [UGANDA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 52949127344     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: 17497345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2008.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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