Protogynous hermaphroditism in a temperate reef fish, the blackeye goby, Coryphopterus nicholsii (Pisces: Gobiidae)

In this thesis, I examine the occurrence of protogynous hermaphroditism in the blackeye goby, Coryphopterus nicholsii (Pisces, Gobiidae) at Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada. The female biased sex ratios, size distributions of female and male C. nicholsii, and histological data all confirm that...

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Main Author: Kroon, Frederieke Janet
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6649