Mature dwarf males and females of the arctic lamprey, Lethenteron japonicum

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 404-408

  Yamazaki, Yuji ^a,b   Sugiyama, Hiroko ^a   Goto, Akira ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Life history variation; Mature size; Petromyzontidae; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032265351     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02725194     Document Type: Article

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