Reduced daylength stimulates size-dependent precocious maturity in 0+ male Atlantic salmon parr

Aquaculture

Volumn 311, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Skilbrei, Ove T ^a   Heino, Mikko ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Fish culture; Growth; Mature male parr; Probabilistic maturation reaction norms; Threshold length

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DAY LENGTH; FISH CULTURE; LIFE HISTORY; MATURATION; PHOTOPERIOD; SALMONID; SEASONALITY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 78651472327     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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