A STEREOLOGICAL ESTIMATION OF GONAD VOLUME AND OOCYTE NUMBER IN A SPECIMEN OF A NATIVE CLAM (VENERUPIS PULLASTRA)

Authors

  • Pablo Alvarez Fariña
  • Ximo Gual-Arnau

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5566/ias.v25.p105-110

Keywords:

fecundity, gonad volume, oocyte number, stereology, unbiased estimators, variance, Venerupis pullastra

Abstract

We obtained the gonad volume and oocyte number in a single Venerupis pullastra (Montagu, 1803) using unbiased stereological estimators. Since the gonad is not a fixed anatomical structure and is merged with other organs in the clam, we used new variance expressions to study the efficiency of these estimators, where the isotropy condition is not required for the covariogram.

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Published

2011-05-03

How to Cite

Fariña, P. A., & Gual-Arnau, X. (2011). A STEREOLOGICAL ESTIMATION OF GONAD VOLUME AND OOCYTE NUMBER IN A SPECIMEN OF A NATIVE CLAM (VENERUPIS PULLASTRA). Image Analysis and Stereology, 25(2), 105–110. https://doi.org/10.5566/ias.v25.p105-110

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2006)

Section

Original Research Paper