The cost of being a caring mother: The ignored factor in the reproduction of marine invertebrates

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 487-494

  Fernandez M ^a,b   Bock, C ^a,b   Portner H O ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Brachyuran crabs; Brooding; Marine invertebrates; Oxygen; Parental investment

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CRAB; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR;

INVERTEBRATE; LIMITING FACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATERNAL CARE; OXYGEN; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

EID: 0033738775     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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