Ovarian atresia in the Mediterranean sardine, Sardina pilchardus sardina

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1327-1332

  Ganias, K ^a   Somarakis, S ^b,c   Koutsikopoulos, C ^b   Machias, A ^c   Theodorou, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY;

SARDINA; SARDINA PILCHARDUS;

EID: 1042278640     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008774     Document Type: Article

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