| one publication added to basket [57337] | Ovarian atresia in the Mediterranean sardine, Sardina pilchardus sardina
Ganias, K.; Somarakis, S.; Koutsikopoulos, C.; Machias, A.; Theodorou, A. (2003). Ovarian atresia in the Mediterranean sardine, Sardina pilchardus sardina. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(6): 1327-1332. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403008774
In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press/Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom: Cambridge. ISSN 0025-3154; e-ISSN 1469-7769, more
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- Ganias, K.
- Somarakis, S.
- Koutsikopoulos, C.
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- Machias, A.
- Theodorou, A.
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| Abstract |
Histological analysis was used to describe and analyse the process of ovarian atresia in sardine (Sardina pilchardus sardina from the central Aegean Sea (eastern Mediterranean). The spawning potential of females in relation to intensity of atresia was evaluated and the rate that the ovary passed from the active to inactive condition was followed in fish collected over an annual cycle. Early postspawning females, defined as those with 100% alpha-atretic oocytes, occurred throughout the spawning period; they had lower gonosomatic and hepatosomatic index, but similar total length compared to reproductively active females. |
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