The reproductive cycle of ophichthus rufus (anguilliformes) in the northwest mediterranean

Cybium

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 53-65

  Casadevall, M ^a   Munoz M ^a   Carrasson, M ^b   Matallanas, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Gonadosomatic index; MED; Ophichthidae; Ophichthus rufus; Ovogenesis; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035978156     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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