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| Menoud, Mathilde; Van Wynsberge, Simon; Le Moullac, Gilles; Levy, Peva; Andrefouet, Serge; Remoissenet, Georges; Gaertner-mazouni, Nabila. |
| Monitoring gonadmaturation for protandrous and functional hermaphrodite species such as the giant clamTridacna maxima is difficult due to the juxtaposition and relative proportion ofmale and female tissues in the gonad [gonadal sex ratio (GSR)]. Here, the relevance of the widely used gonadosomatic index (GSI) as proxy of giant clam gonad maturation is tested with a large dataset (n = 265). Gonadosomatic index is compared with other indices, namely the proportion of the male part harboring spermatozoids, the proportion of empty oocyte follicles, the mean oocyte diameter, and the oocyte elongation. At gonad scale, high index variability highlighted partial spawning. At individual scale, male and female maturation proxies were contrasted, showing either... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Giant clam; Marine bivalve; Reproduction; Spawn; Tatakoto atoll; Histology; Tridacna maxima. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00333/44441/44111.pdf |
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