Detecting and quantifying male sea urchin spawning with time-integrated fertilization assays

Marine Biology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 375-382

  Wahle, R A ^a   Gilbert, A E ^a,b  

^a BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING;

UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0036942538     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270100701     Document Type: Article

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