Seasonal variation in the reproductive activity and biochemical composition of the Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) from the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 171-182

  Ren, Jeffrey S ^a   Marsden, Islay D ^b   Ross, Alex H ^a   Schiel, David R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biochemical composition; Crassostrea gigas; Gametogenesis; Oyster; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAMETOGENESIS; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0038574433     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2003.9517155     Document Type: Article

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