Reproductive cycle of two commercial species of sea cucumber (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Caribbean Panama

Marine Biology

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-279

  Guzman H M ^a,b   Guevara, C A ^a   Hernandez I C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECHINODERM; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX RATIO;

BOCAS DEL TORO; CARIBBEAN SEA; PANAMA;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; ECHINODERMATA; HOLOTHURIA; HOLOTHURIA MEXICANA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOSTICHOPUS; ISOSTICHOPUS BADIONOTUS;

EID: 0038454661     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-002-0939-x     Document Type: Article

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