title: SOME REPRODUCTIVE PATTERNS OF CULTURED MEDITERRANEAN MUSSEL (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) IN BOKA KOTORSKA BAY, ADRIATIC SEA
abstract: Results about annual reproductive cycle of Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis Lamarck, 1819) in Boka Kotorska Bay are given in this paper.Sex ratio, gonad developmental stages, oocytes diameter, mean gonad index, condition index as well as correlation to water temperature were analysed.Sex ratio was 1:1.Maturation and spawning occurred over a great part of the year, from October to June, with short resting period during the late summer, when water temperature was above 25°C.Mean ooc
journal: The Journal Agriculture and Forestry