Sexual stages of the female portion in the scallop Nodipecten nodosus (Linné, 1758) and astaxanthin quantity in each stage

This work describes the gametogenic cycle of the scallop Nodipecten nodosus kept in a culture system. To this end, during one year, samples were taken from the broodstocks every 30 days to be submitted to macroscopic and microscopic analyses and to measure the amount of astaxanthin. To perform the m...

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Main Authors: S. Sühnel, F. Lagreze, M. Bercht, JF. Ferreira, AL. Carneiro-Schaefer, ARM. Magalhães, M. Maraschin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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