Effect of food availability and body size on out-of-season gonad yield in the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1533-1539

  Hagen, Nils T ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Echiniculture; Echinocultare; Echinoid; Gonad yield; Resource allocation; Sea urchin; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032426309     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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