First reported cases of intersex (ovotestis) in the flatfish species dab Limanda limanda: Dogger Bank, North Sea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 301, Issue , 2005, Pages 307-310

  Stentiford, G D ^a   Feist, S W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Flatfish; Limanda limanda; Ovary; Ovotestis; Reproduction; Testis

Indexed keywords

INTERSEX;

LIMANDA LIMANDA; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 27744577511     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps301307     Document Type: Article

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