Artificial reproduction and larval rearing of captive endangered Atlantic sturgeon Acipenser sturio

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-257

  Williot, Patrick ^a,b   Rouault, Thierry ^a   Pelard, Marcel ^a   Mercier, Daniel ^a   Jacobs, Louis ^a  

^a Cemagret Research Unit Estuarine Ecosystem and Diadromous Fish   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Acipenser sturio; Artificial reproduction; Captive specimen; Embryogenesis; Hatching; Maturation of ovarian follicles

Indexed keywords

BROOD STOCK; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; HATCHING; LARVA; MATURATION; REARING; REPRODUCTION;

ACIPENSER; ACIPENSER OXYRINCHUS; ACIPENSER STURIO;

EID: 61449205232     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00174     Document Type: Article

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