Frequent and unexplained gonadal abnormalities in whitefish (central alpine Coregonus sp.) from an alpine oligotrophic lake in Switzerland

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 137-148

  Bernet, D ^a   Wahli, T ^a   Kueng, C ^b   Segner, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Fisheries Inspectorate Bern   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disease; Gonads; Hermaphroditism; Intersex; Reproduction; Whitefish

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; INTERSEX; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SALMONID;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND; THUNERSEE; WORLD;

COREGONUS;

EID: 9944246592     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao061137     Document Type: Article

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