Comparative analysis of reproductive traits in black-chinned tilapia females from various coastal marine, estuarine and freshwater ecosystems.

The black-chinned tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron is a marine teleost characterised by an extreme euryhalinity. However, beyond a certain threshold at very high salinity, the species exhibits impaired growth and precocious reproduction. In this study, the relationships between reproductive paramet...

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Main Authors: Moussa Guèye, Mbaye Tine, Justin Kantoussan, Papa Ndiaye, Omar Thiom Thiaw, Jean-Jacques Albaret
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3258234?pdf=render