Reproductive features and gonad development cycle of the soft bottom-gravel gorgonian leptogorgia sarmentosa (esper, 1791) in the nw mediterranean sea

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 175-190

  Rossi, Sergio ^a   Gili, Josep maría ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gametogenic cycle; Gorgonians; Reproductive output; Sex ratio; Soft bottom gravel

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; LEPTOGORGIA SARMENTOSA;

EID: 77649201630     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2009.9652304     Document Type: Article

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