Gonad maturation in Octopus vulgaris during ongrowing, under different conditions of sex ratio

ICES Journal of Marine Science

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1487-1493

  Estefanell, Juan ^a   Socorro, Juan ^a,b   Roo, Francisco J ^a   Guirao, Rafael ^c   Fernández Palacios, Hipólito ^a   Izquierdo, Marisol ^a  

^a Instituto Canario   (Spain)

^b IES Marítimo Pesquero de Las Palmas ^*  (Spain)

^c CANEXMAR SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

digestive gland; gonad maturation; mortality; Octopus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; CAPTIVITY; CEPHALOPOD; HATCHING; MATURATION; MORTALITY; REARING; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURITY;

CEPHALOPODA; OCTOPUS; OCTOPUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77956588509     PISSN: 10543139     EISSN: 10959289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq111     Document Type: Article

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