FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A shortcut method for sexing juvenile European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax L. BT AF MENU, Bruno PERUZZI, Stefano VERGNET, Alain VIDAL, Marie-Odile CHATAIN, Beatrice AS 1:1;2:1,2;3:1;4:1;5:1; FF 1:PDG-DOP-DCM-PM-APOI;2:PDG-DOP-DCM-PM-APOI;3:PDG-DOP-DCM-PM-APOI;4:PDG-DOP-DCM-PM-APOI;5:PDG-DOP-DCM-PM-APOI; C1 IFREMER, Lab Rech Piscicole Mediterranee, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France. Univ Tromso, Norwegian Coll Fishery Sci, N-9001 Tromso, Norway. C2 IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV TROMSO, NORWAY SI PALAVAS SE PDG-DOP-DCM-PM-APOI IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018 copubli-europe IF 0.746 TC 8 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-378.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Histology;Squash;Juvenile;Gonads;Seabass;Dicentrarchus labrax AB The objective of this study was to develop a rapid and effective method of sexing juvenile sea bass with minimum labour and material. To this end, the gonad squash mount technique was applied along with macroscopic techniques for sexing a large number of experimental fish at the age of 215-275 days post fertilization (p.f.). At this age, 90% of the 3894 fish could be unambiguously sexed by macroscopic examination of their gonads, whereas the remaining proportion was identified using squash mount preparations (10%). The accuracy of the observations was measured up to classical histology procedures. Undifferentiated fish accounted for 0.1% of the total population only. The application of the squash mount technique holds out the prospect of considerable improvement in the efficiency and rapidity of current sexing techniques in sea bass. PY 2005 SO Aquaculture Research SN 1355-557X PU Blackwell science VL 36 IS 1 UT 000226334400006 BP 41 EP 44 DI 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2004.01181.x ID 378 ER EF