Egg-size and -number variations related to maternal size and age, and the relationship between egg size and larval characteristics in an annual marine gastropod, Haloa japonica (Opisthobranchia; Cephalaspidea)

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 152, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 187-195

  Ito, Kenji ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Egg number variation; Egg size variation; Haloa japonica; Intrapopulation; Life history theory; Maternal size and age; Opisthobranch

Indexed keywords

EGG NUMBER; EGG SIZE; EGGS; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MARINE GASTROPOD; MATERNAL INVESTMENT; REPRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT;

CEPHALASPIDEA; GASTROPODA; HALOA; HALOA JAPONICA; HALVO; HALVO JAPONICA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JAPONICA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0030746474     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps152187     Document Type: Article

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