Bester (beluga ♀ × starlet ♂) production and comparing their growth with beluga in Iran

• Main Authors: Baradaran Noveiri, Shahrouz, Bahmani, M., Abdolhay, H., Hosseini, M.R., Chakmehduz, F., Hallajian, A., Darvishi, S., Farabi, M.V.
• Format: Book
• Language: Persian
• Published: Iranian Fisheries Science Research Institute 2009
• Subjects: Aquaculture; Iran; Golestan Province; Beluga; Sterlet; Bester; Growth Rate; Aquatic; Species; Population; Female; Male; Acipenser ruthenus; Huso huso; Sturgeon; Artemia; Fries; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/39589

Aquaculture for human consuming species is being considered as the first substitution of catching aquatic species due to increase of human population and decrease of wild aquatic stocks. In this study, the hybrid sturgeon Bester (female beluga x male sterlet) was produced for the first time in Iran....