Fertilization success in spatially distributed populations of benthic free-spawners: A simulation model

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 121, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 221-233

  Claereboudt, Michel ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Fertilization model; Fisheries; Free spawners; Invertebrate; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; ZOOBENTHOS;

EID: 0033568059     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00080-0     Document Type: Article

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