The first production of glass eel in captivity: Fish reproductive physiology facilitates great progress in aquaculture

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 493-497

  Tanaka, H ^a   Kagawa, H ^b   Ohta, H ^c   Unuma, T ^a   Nomura, K ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Fertilization; Glass eel; Japanese eel; Larval rearing; Leptocephalus; Maturation; Ovulation; Spermiation

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DILUENT; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; MINERAL; PEPTIDE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM ION; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; VITAMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING METHOD; CELL MIGRATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EEL; EGG YOLK; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; REARING; REPRODUCTION; SALMON; SEMINAL PLASMA; SHARK; SHRIMP; SPECIES CULTIVATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; CHONDRICHTHYES; EUPHAUSIACEA; GLYCINE MAX; JAPONICA;

EID: 7044276249     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030638.56031.ed     Document Type: Article

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