Light cycles and gametogenesis in three temperate ascidian species

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-70

  Bingham, Brian L ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daylength; Reproduction; Seasonality; Synchrony; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOLTENIA VILLOSA; CHELYOSOMA PRODUCTUM; STYELA GIBBSII; UROCHORDATA; VILLOSA;

EID: 0031539045     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3226925     Document Type: Article

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