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GONADOSOMATIC INDEX [1 record]

Record 1 2020-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Biology
  • Fish
CONT

The gonadosomatic index, abbreviated as GSI, is the calculation of the gonad mass as a proportion of the total body mass ... It is a tool for measuring the sexual maturity of animals in correlation to ovary development and testes development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie animale
  • Poissons
CONT

L'indice gonadosomatique […], révélateur du potentiel reproducteur des poissons, a été calculé par le rapport : (poids des gonades / (poids corporel total - poids des gonades)) x 100.

Key term(s)
  • indice gonado-somatique

Spanish

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