Reproductive cycle and size at sexual maturity of the commercial whelk Buccinum isaotakii in Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1287-1294

  Ilano, Anthony S ^a   Fujinaga, Katsuaki ^b   Nakao, Shigeru ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Dohto University   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; MOLLUSC; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SIZE AT MATURITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUNKA BAY; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

BUCCINIDAE; BUCCINUM; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 1042290242     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315403008683     Document Type: Article

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