Reproductive cycle and gonad development of the Northern Argentinean Mesodesma mactroides (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae)

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 207-218

  Herrmann, Marko ^a   Alfaya, José E F ^b   Lepore, Mauro L ^b   Penchaszadeh, Pablo E ^b   Laudien, Jürgen ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ash free, shell free dry mass; Condition index; Histology; Oocyte size and abundance; Yellow clam

Indexed keywords

BEACH; BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; CYCLICITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY; SPAWNING;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; MESODESMA MACTROIDES; MESODESMATIDAE;

EID: 69249228568     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: 14383888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-009-0150-2     Document Type: Article

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