Does mass spawning enhance fertilization in coral reef fish? A case study of the brown surgeonfish

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 172, Issue , 1998, Pages 107-114

  Kiflawi, Moshe ^a   Mazeroll, Anthony I ^b   Goulet, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthurus nigrofuscus; Fertilization rates; Mass spawning

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FISH; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY;

ACANTHURUS NIGROFUSCUS;

EID: 0032558711     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps172107     Document Type: Article

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