Importance of environmental endocrinology in fisheries management and aquaculture of sturgeons

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-321

  Webb, Molly A H ^a   Doroshov, S I ^b  

^a BOZEMAN FISH TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Chondrostei; Reproductive and environmental endocrinology; Stock management

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; DOPAMINE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FISH; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 78650636799     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.11.024     Document Type: Article

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