Variation of steroid concentrations during the reproductive cycle of the clam Ruditapes decussatus: A one year study in the gulf of Gabès area

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 424-431

  Ketata, I ^a   Guermazi, F ^b   Rebai, T ^c   Hamza Chaffai, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^b HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; Field study; Gametogenesis index; Gametogenesis scale; gulf of Gab s; Histology; Progesterone; Reproduction; Sexual maturation; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOGENESIS; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; RUDITAPES DECUSSATUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

BIVALVIA; VENERUPIS (RUDITAPES) DECUSSATUS;

EID: 34247360412     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.01.017     Document Type: Article

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