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Quantification of ovarian condition in fish: a safer, more precise alternative to established methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2002

Kevin Coward  and
Niall R. Bromage
Kevin Coward
Affiliation:
Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
Niall R. Bromage
Affiliation:
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK
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Abstract

The ability to accurately quantify ovarian condition in cultured species of fish is of paramount importance in the understanding of their reproductive biology and the development of appropriate culture conditions. Here, we discuss stereological analysis, a mathematically proven technique that determines 3-dimensional topology and geometry from 2-dimensional thin sections, as a safer and more precise replacement for existing methodology.

Keywords

StereologyHistomorphometryTeleostOvaryHistology
Type
Research Article
Information
Aquatic Living Resources , Volume 15 , Issue 4 , September 2002 , pp. 259 - 261
Copyright
© Elsevier, IRD, Inra, Ifremer, Cemagref, CNRS, 2002

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