Histological analysis provides further insights into Harpagifer antarcticus reproductive biology at the western Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Novillo Estofan, Julio Manuel, Moreira, María Eugenia, Macchi, Gustavo Javier, Barrera Oro, Esteban
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: GONADAL HISTOLOGY; PARADISE BAY; REPRODUCTIVE ECOLOGY; SPAWNING PERIOD; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Argentino; Argentina; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; antarcticus; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/167907

Prior understanding of Harpagifer antarcticus reproductive biology was based exclusively on macroscopic observations of its gonadal maturation cycle. Our present study with H. antarcticus specimens collected in summer of 2019 at Paradise Bay (PB), Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), provides a) addit...