Maturation and sexual ontogeny in the spangled emperor Lethrinus nebulosus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1396-1414

  Marriott, R J ^a   Jarvis, N D C ^a   Adams, D J ^a   Gallash, A E ^a   Norriss, J ^a   Newman, S J ^a  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Functional gonochorism; Gonadal development; Lethrinidae; Non functional protogynous hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

LETHRINIDAE; LETHRINUS NEBULOSUS;

EID: 77953599292     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02571.x     Document Type: Article

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