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Table 3 Reproductive strategy of M. mactroides comparing data from present study with data four decades ago (Christiansen 1971)

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

 

Gonad stages

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Spring

Present study

Active

 

×

×

×

Ripe

 

×

×

×

Spawning

 

×

×

×

Cytolysed

 

×

×

×

Christiansen (1971)

Active

×

×

×

×

Ripe

×

×

×

×

Spawning

×

×

×

×

Cytolysed

×

×

 

×

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Helgoland Marine Research

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