An investigation of the regulation of reproductive development in pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbusha) in relation to the initiation of an off-year pink salmon run

This study was undertaken to determine whether gonads of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) could be stimulated by pelleted or injected salmon gonadotropin to reproductive maturity one year earlier than normal. This procedure, if successful, might be used in attempting to populate an "off&quo...

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Main Author: MacKinnon, Colin N.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 1976
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/20406