THE REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE OF EARLY SETTINGCRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA(GMELIN) IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR POPULATION RECRUITMENT
| Autor: | R. Winston Menzel, Paul F. Hayes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1981 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
biology urogenital system fungi Population food and beverages Growing season Aquatic animal Subtropics biology.organism_classification Spawn (biology) Fishery Sexual maturity Crassostrea General Agricultural and Biological Sciences education reproductive and urinary physiology Shellfish |
| Zdroj: | The Biological Bulletin. 160:80-88 |
| ISSN: | 1939-8697 0006-3185 |
| Popis: | Oysters which set early in the spawning season reach sexual maturity and spawn before the end of their first year. The early sexual development in the southern latitudes is the result of both an extended growing season and an increased in stantaneous rate of growth. Widespread spawning of oysters older than one year occurs twice during the reproductive season, with a period of renewed development in between. Spawning by young-of-the-year oysters is of minimal importance to population recruitment during the year they set. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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