A standardized method and analytical approach for predicting female reproductive stage in teleosts by using ovary color and female characteristics

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1036-1044

  Peer, A C ^a   Selckmann, G M ^a,b   Miller, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORONE; MORONE SAXATILIS; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84863860899     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00028487.2012.681103     Document Type: Note

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