Sex allocation in Lythrypnus (Gobiidae): Variations on a hermaphroditic theme

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 321-333

  St Mary, Colette M ^a  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fishes; Gonadal allocation; Sequential hermaphroditism; Sex change; Simultaneous hermaphroditism

Indexed keywords

ICHTHYOFAUNA; SEX ALLOCATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

LYTHRYPNUS; LYTHRYPNUS DALLI; LYTHRYPNUS NESIOTES; LYTHRYPNUS PHORELLUS; LYTHRYPNUS SPILUS; LYTHRYPNUS ZEBRA;

EID: 0033939530     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007644010331     Document Type: Article

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