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  <dc:title>Reproductive cycles of the bivalve molluscs Atactodea striata (Gmelin), Gafrarium tumidum R&#xF6;ding and Anadara scapha (L.) in New Caledonia</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>/Baron, J&#xE9;r&#xF4;me</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>REPRODUCTION</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>APPAREIL REPRODUCTEUR</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>GAMETE</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>ALLOMETRIE</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>SEX RATIO</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>MOLLUSQUE MARIN</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Monthly samples of the bivalves Atactodea striata, Gafrarium tumidum and Anadara scapha were collected over 1 year from the littoral zone on the South-Western coast of New Caledonia. A. striata and G. tumidum were studied by macroscopic examination of gonads and microscopic examination of gamete smears. For A. scapha, only microscopic examination was use. A striata and G. tumidum are dioecious, whereas A. scapha is a protandric hermaphrodite. Sexual differentiation begins at a shell lenght of 20 mm for A. striata and G. tumidum aand 22 mm for A. scapha. The three species have an extended or continuous breeding period, although, in all three, sexual activity peaks in the hot season. (R&#xE9;sum&#xE9; d'auteur)</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1992</dc:date>
  <dc:type>text</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier>https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:36696</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>fdi:36696</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>Baron J&#xE9;r&#xF4;me. Reproductive cycles of the bivalve molluscs Atactodea striata (Gmelin), Gafrarium tumidum R&#xF6;ding and Anadara scapha (L.) in New Caledonia. 1992, 43,  393-402</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
  <dc:coverage>NOUVELLE CALEDONIE</dc:coverage>
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