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Fig. 5

From: Reproductive cycle and gonad development of the Northern Argentinean Mesodesma mactroides (Bivalvia: Mesodesmatidae)

Fig. 5

M. mactroides at Santa Teresita: a mean SST measured daily at Santa Teresita, b percentage of gonad stages ripe and spawning, c mean abundance of oocytes (no. mm−2), d mean condition index (CI), e mean biomass (AFDM) (g) and f number of recruits (2–6 mm apSL) recorded per monthly transect. Grey areas indicate seasons where Carreto et al. (1995) observed chlorophyll a maxima with main peaks during spring and secondary peaks during autumn in the Buenos Aires shelf region. Error bars standard deviation. Data sets of graphics are published in Herrmann et al. (2008)

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