GnRHa-induced spawning in cage-reared Atlantic bluefin tuna: An evaluation using stereological quantification of ovarian post-ovulatory follicles

Aquaculture

Volumn 317, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 255-259

  Aranda, Guillermo ^a   Aragón, Lourdes ^a   Corriero, Aldo ^b   Mylonas, Constantinos C ^c   la Gándara, Fernando de ^d   Belmonte, Antonio ^e   Medina, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^d Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

^e Tuna Graso SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bluefin tuna; Disector method; Fecundity; GnRHa; Induced spawning; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BODY MASS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EGG; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECUNDITY; HORMONE; MATURATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PERCIFORM; REARING; SPAWNING; WILD POPULATION;

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 79956059456     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2011.04.030     Document Type: Article

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