Gonadal cycle of pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata (Gould) in Northeast Persian Gulf, Iran

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 129-135

  Behzadi, Safeyeh ^a   Parivar, Kazem ^b   Roustaian, Paymon ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Persian Gulf Molluscs Res Station   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Gonadal cycle; Persian Gulf; Pinctada fucata

Indexed keywords

BREEDING CYCLE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADAL CYCLE; PEARL OYSTER; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS;

PERSIAN GULF;

BIVALVIA; PINCTADA FUCATA; PINCTADA FUCATA FUCATA;

EID: 0030849806     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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