Spatial variability in reproductive behaviour of green-lipped mussel populations of northern New Zealand

Molluscan Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-238

  Alfaro, Andrea C ^a   Jeffs, Andrew G ^b   Hooker, Simon H ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Gonad cycle; Histology; Intertidal; Perna canaliculus; Spat; Spawning synchrony; Subtidal

Indexed keywords

EID: 7044232722     PISSN: 13235818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MR03007     Document Type: Article

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