Density-related reproductive trade-offs in the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Marine Biology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Wahle, R A ^a   Peckham, S H ^a  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0032969925     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050531     Document Type: Article

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