Gonad morphology and oocyte development in Pseudocalanus spp. in relation to spawning activity

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 759-768

  Niehoff, B ^a,b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; MATURATION; MORPHOLOGY; SPAWNING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CAPE COD; GEORGES BANK; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; COPEPODA; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; PSEUDOCALANUS;

EID: 0038780655     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1034-7     Document Type: Article

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