Reproductive biology of Holothuria leucospilota in the Cook Islands and the implications of traditional fishing of gonads on the population

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-156

  Drumm, Darrin J ^a,b   Loneragan, Neil R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cook Islands; Gametogenesis; Gonad removal; Holothuria leucospilota; Matu rori; Regeneration; Reproduction; Traditional fishing

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

COOK ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; HOLOTHURIA LEUCOSPILOTA;

EID: 18844376598     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2005.9517297     Document Type: Article

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