The relationship between growth and sex differentiation in the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

Aquaculture

Volumn 408-409, Issue , 2013, Pages 191-202

  Díaz, Noelia ^a   Ribas, Laia ^a   Piferrer, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catch up growth; Compensatory growth; Phenotypic plasticity; Sex ratio; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH RATE; PERCIFORM; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX;

EID: 84880182549     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2013.05.032     Document Type: Article

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