Predicting optimal and unique egg sizes in free-spawning marine invertebrates

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 174-188

  Levitan, Don R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; EGGS; FREE-SPAWNERS; FREE-SPAWNING; INVERTEBRATE; INVERTEBRATES; MARINE INVERTEBRATE; SIZE PREDICTION;

EID: 0030485659     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285917     Document Type: Article

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