Changes in fertilization and hatching rates with time after ovulation induced by 17, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

Aquaculture

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 291-301

  Ohta, Hiromi ^a   Kagawa, Hirohiko ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Okuzawa, Koichi ^a   Hirose, Keiji ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Fertilization; Hatching rates

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 9744220422     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0044-8486(95)01167-6     Document Type: Article

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