title: THE GONAD FORMATION RATE IN JUVENILE PACIFIC SALMON IN THE EARLY MARINE PERIOD IN THE COASTAL WATERS OF THE SEA OF OKHOTSK
abstract: Differences in the ovary development rate in early marine period in the Sea of Okhotsk waters were demonstrated based on the histological analysis of juvenile Pacific salmon gonads. The rate and specifics of the gamet development in the early marine period influence gonad maturation rate in the ocean, adult fecundity and the time of return for spawning. Morphological deviations in developing oocytes were revealed in the course of analysis of the juvenile salmon ovaries in early marine period. Ab
journal: The researches of the aquatic biological resources of Kamchatka and of the north-west part of the Pacific Ocean