Effects of continuous light on the reproductive system of European sea bass gauged by alterations of circadian variations during their first reproductive cycle

Chronobiology International

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 184-199

  Bayarri, María José ^a   Zanuy, Silvia ^a   Yilmaz, Ozlem ^a   Carrillo, Manuel ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Daily and seasonal rhythms; Dicentrarchus labrax; In vivo; Photoperiod manipulation; Reproductive hormones

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BASS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADS; LIGHT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PHOTOPERIOD; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; ARCHOSARGUS RHOMBOIDALIS; DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 60549096681     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07420520902758311     Document Type: Article

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