Size-dependent reproduction in the Caribbean gorgonian Pseudoplexaura porosa

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 107-114

  Kapela, W ^a   Lasker, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONE; FERTILIZATION; GAMETE; OOCYTE; PANAMA; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; SIZE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

CLONAL ORGANISM; COLONY; CORAL; FECUNDITY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIZE EFFECT;

PANAMA;

ANTHOZOA; PSEUDOPLEXAURA POROSA;

EID: 0032719410     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050607     Document Type: Article

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