Effects of photoperiod on gonadotropin-releasing hormone levels in the brain and pituitary of underyearling male barfin flounder

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 812-818

  Amano, Masafumi ^a   Yamanome, Takeshi ^b   Yamada, Hideaki ^a   Okuzawa, Koichi ^c   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barfin flounder; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Growth; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; VERASPER; VERASPER MOSERI;

EID: 7544230781     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00874.x     Document Type: Article

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