Biology of the subtropical sac-spawning euphausiid Nyctiphanes simplex in the northwestern seas of Mexico: Interbrood period, gonad development, and lipid content

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 616-630

  Gómez Gutiérrez, Jaime ^a   Rodríguez Jaramillo, Carmen ^b   Del Ángel Rodríguez, Jorge ^a,b   Robinson, Carlos J ^c   Zavala Hernández, Christian ^a   Martínez Gómez, Samuel ^a   Tremblay, Nelly ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Histology of gonads; Interbrood period; Lipids; Nyctiphanes simplex; Sac spawning; Spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; DIRECT OBSERVATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE POPULATION; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HATCHING SUCCESS; INTERBROOD PERIOD; LIPID CONTENT; ME-XICO; RECRUITMENT RATES; RESTING PERIOD; TOTAL LENGTH; TOTAL LIPIDS; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; HISTOLOGY; LIPIDS;

TROPICS;

BROOD REARING; CRUSTACEAN; EUTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; HATCHING; HISTOLOGY; LIPID; SPAWNING; SPERMATOPHORE; TROPICAL REGION;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EUPHAUSIIDAE; NEMATOSCELIS; NYCTIPHANES; NYCTIPHANES SIMPLEX; PSEUDEUPHAUSIA;

EID: 77950020532     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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