Small-scale heterogeneity of fertilization success in a broadcast spawning octocoral

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 107-120

  Coma, Rafel ^a,b   Lasker, Howard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Gorgonian; Invertebrate reproduction

Indexed keywords

CORAL;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BROADCAST SPAWNERS; CORAL; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION SUCCESS; OCTOCORAL; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPAWNING; SPAWNING POPULATIONS;

PANAMA, SAN BLAS ISLANDS;

GORGONACEA; PLEXAURA KUNA;

EID: 0030619604     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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