Spawning and management of gametes, fertilized eggs and embryos in Siluroidei

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 59-80

  Legendre, Marc ^a   Linhart, Otomar ^b   Billard, Roland ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Egg incubation; Fertilization; Gametcs; Gonads; Natural spawning; Reproduction; Siluroidei

Indexed keywords

EID: 84996143477     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr:1996042     Document Type: Article

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