Sex steroids, gonadal histology and biological indices of fall and spring Caspian lamprey (Caspiomyzon wagneri) spawning migrants in the Shirud River, Southern Caspian Sea

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-235

  Ahmadi, Mohammad ^a   Amiri, Bagher Mojazi ^a   Abdoli, Asghar ^b   Fakharzade, Seyed Mohammad Esmael ^a   Hoseinifar, Seyed Hossein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Tabriz Branch   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caspian lamprey; Gonads histology; Migration; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIAMETER; EGG; FECUNDITY; FISH; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MIGRATION; SERUM; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; SPRING (SEASON); STEROID;

CASPIAN SEA; IRAN; MAZANDARAN; SHIRUD RIVER;

CASPIOMYZON WAGNERI; PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 80052303630     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9836-9     Document Type: Article

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