Effects of photoperiod, temperature and GnRHa treatment on the reproductive physiology of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) broodstock

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 403-406

  Taranger, Geir Lasse ^a   Vikingstad, E ^b   Klenke, U ^c   Mayer, I ^d   Stefansson, S O ^b   Norberg, B ^a   Hansen, T ^a   Zohar, Y ^c   Andersson, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue; Maturation inducing steroid; Photoperiod; Salmon; Spawning; Temperature

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SPERM; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

SALMO; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 8844285864     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030606.00772.8a     Document Type: Article

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