Do capital breeders like Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) exhibit sensitive periods of nutritional control on ovary development and fecundity regulation?

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-27

  Kennedy, James ^a,b   Skjæraasen, Jon Egil ^a   Nash, Richard D M ^c   Thorsen, Anders ^c   Slotte, Aril ^c   Hansen, Tom ^c   Kjesbu, Olav S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Moreforsking   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLUPEOID; EGG PRODUCTION; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SPAWNING;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 72449158034     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F09-159     Document Type: Article

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