Gonadal growth and reproduction in the commercial sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from southern Spain

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 519, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 61-72

  Sanchez Espana A I ^a   Martinez Pita I ^a   Garcia F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echinoidea; Gonadosomatic Index; Paracentrotus lividus; Reproductive cycle; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS;

REPRODUCTIVE STATE;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECHINODERM; GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 3442891604     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:HYDR.0000026485.40173.02     Document Type: Article

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