How severe is sperm limitation in natural populations of marine free- spawners?

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 10-13

  Yund, Philip O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; DILUTION; EVOLUTION; LIMITING FACTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPAWNING; SPERM;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

EID: 0034010409     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(99)01744-9     Document Type: Review

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