Fertilization success in marine invertebrates: The influence of gamete age

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-42

  Williams, Mark Elliott ^a   Bentley, Matthew Graeme ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GAMETE; INVERTEBRATE;

ARENICOLA; ARENICOLA MARINA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; INVERTEBRATA; NEREIS; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECHINODERM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELL; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; ECHINODERMATA; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GERM CELLS; MALE; OOCYTES; POLYCHAETA; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036008604     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543220     Document Type: Article

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