New contribution to the reproductive features of bluemouth Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus from the northeast Atlantic (Azores Archipelago)

Scientia Marina

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 679-688

  Mendonça, Ana ^a   Isidro, Eduardo ^a   Menezes, Gui ^a   Pinho, Mário Rui ^a   Melo, Octávio ^a   Estácio, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b Direcção Regional das Pescas dos Açores   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Helicolenus dactylopterus dactylopterus; Histology; Maturity stages; Northeast Atlantic; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; HISTOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); AZORES; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DACTYLOPTERUS; HELICOLENUS DACTYLOPTERUS;

EID: 33846008396     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2006.70n4679     Document Type: Article

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