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Observations and Experiments on Sex-Change in the European Oyster (O. edulis). Part II. On the Gonad of Egg-Spawning Individuals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J. H. Orton  and
C. Amirthalingam
J. H. Orton
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Liverpool University, formerly at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Plymouth
C. Amirthalingam
Affiliation:
Honorary Research Assistant, Dept. of Zoology, University College, London.
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Extract

Illustrations are given of successive stages of the gonadial products, of the European oyster (O. edulis) after the act of egg-spawning. Both, microscopic and fresh preparations are figured.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , September 1931 , pp. 315 - 318
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1931

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1Orton, J. H. 1927. Observations and Experiments on Sex-Change in the European Oyster (O. edulis). Part I. The Change from Female to Male. Journ. Mar. Biol. Assoc., N.S., Vol. XIV, No. 4,. pp. 967–1045.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2Orton, J. H. 1924. An Account of Investigations into the Cause or Causes of the Unusual Mortality among Oysters in English Oyster Beds during 1920 and 1921. Part I. Fish. Invest. London,. Ser. II, Vol. VI, No. 3, 1923 (1924).Google Scholar