Optimal temperatures for egg incubation in two Geoemydid turtles: Ocadia sinensis and Mauremys mutica

Aquaculture

Volumn 305, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 138-142

  Du, Wei Guo ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Shen, Jian Wei ^a  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Egg incubation; Mauremys mutica; Ocadia sinensis; Post hatching growth; Temperature; Temperature dependent sex determination; Turtle culture

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE METHOD; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH RESPONSE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; OPTIMIZATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TURTLE;

GEOEMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS MUTICA; MAUREMYS SINENSIS; TESTUDINES;

EID: 77955555448     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.03.032     Document Type: Article

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