Seasonal changes in the gonadal state of the oysters Crassostrea iridescens and Crassostrea corteziensis (Filibranchia: Ostreidae) in the Northwest coast of Mexico

Revista de Biologia Tropical

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1061-1065

  Frías Espericueta, Martín G ^a   Páez Osuna, Federico ^b   Osuna López, J Isidro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

C. corteziensis; C. iridescens; Oyster; Reproductive cycle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA CORTEZIENSIS; CRASSOSTREA IRIDESCENS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0000244461     PISSN: 00347744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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