Parity and disparity between two Chama oysters: The reproductive biology of the Indo-Pacific C. pacifica Broderip, invasive to the Mediterranean Sea; and C. savignyi Lamy, indigenous to the Red Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 261-271

  Zurel, Dror ^a   Gophna, Uri ^a   Benayahu, Yehuda ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gonads; Invasive species; Mediterranean Sea; Oyster; Red Sea; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GAMETE; HISTOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; SPAWNING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EGYPT; EILAT; GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTHERN DISTRICT; SUEZ CANAL;

BIVALVIA; CHAMA; CHAMIDAE; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 84864130779     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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