Methodological analysis of fertilization rate in the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum: Pair versus group spawns

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 161, Issue , 1997, Pages 61-70

  Marconato, A ^a   Shapiro, D Y ^b   Petersen, C W ^c   Warner, R R ^d   Yoshikawa, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Policy and Design   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization rates; Group spawns; Methods; Pair spawns; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

ANTHOZOA; THALASSOMA BIFASCIATUM; THALASSOMA LUCASANUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031593011     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps161061     Document Type: Article

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