Comparative assessment of the reproductive status of female Atlantic bluefin tuna from the Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Knapp, Jessica M ^a,c   Aranda, Guillermo ^b   Medina, Antonio ^b   Lutcavage, Molly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GONAD; GULF OF MEXICO; HISTOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; STEREOLOGY; TUNA; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GULF OF MEXICO; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; TUNA;

EID: 84902687802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098233     Document Type: Article

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