Macroscopic and histological analyses of gonads during the spawning season of Chionodraco hamatus (Pisces, Channichthyidae) off Terra Nova Bay, Ross Sea, Southern Ocean

Polar Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 621-628

  La Mesa, M ^a   Caputo, V ^b   Rampa, R ^b   Vacchi, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c ICRAM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING POPULATION;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA;

CHANNICHTHYIDAE; CHIONODRACO HAMATUS; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141761417     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-003-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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