Azubuike Victor Chukwuka

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How is the growth of a population limited by the availability of oocytes?

Under what circumstances does a female skewed sex-ratio in a population become desirable or detrimental to the local population of a species?

03 September 2013 6,812 32 View

Can anyone please identify these species?

Please comment on taxonomy, ecology, habitat preferences and behavioral patterns.

25 March 2013 9,046 3 View

Can the age of a fish be estimated from the stage of gonad maturity?

It is assumed that younger fish are sexually immature while older fishes are sexually mature. Can this knowledge be applied in any way to the estimation of fish age?

04 March 2013 281 12 View

Ways of aging fish without hard parts?

Otoliths and vertebrae are common hard parts used to age fish, are there other ways of estimating fish age?

03 March 2013 6,955 8 View

Can anyone provide an explanation or plausible theory relating to the difference in otolith shape and growth rate of the same species living in different habitats?

When the otolith shape of a species of the same age occupying different habitats show a divergence in shape, does it necessarily imply different growth rates?

29 January 2013 5,084 9 View

Is the incidence of neoplasia connected to the occurrence of contaminants?

This is quite an interesting study, but i'm interested in knowing if the incidence of neoplasia in this study is being related to the occurrence of contaminants where the organisms are sampled from?

01 January 1970 5,183 1 View