The reproductive characteristics of a spined loach population (Osteichthyes, Cobitidae) based on gonad analysis

Biologia - Section Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Eros, Tibor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cobitis; Fecundity; Gonadosomatic index; Growth; Hybrid complex; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

COBITIDAE; COBITIS; COBITIS ELONGATOIDES; COBITIS TAENIA; COBITIS TAENIA TANAITICA; HYMENOPHYSA CURTA; OSTEICHTHYES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345803781     PISSN: 13356380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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