Estimating fertilization success in marine benthic invertebrates: A case study with the tropical sea star Oreaster reticulatus

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 226, Issue , 2002, Pages 87-101

  Metaxas, Anna ^a   Scheibling, Robert E ^a   Young, Craig M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization kinetics model; Fertilization success; Field fertilization experiments; Fragile species; Oreaster reticulatus; Time averaged diffusion model

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); ZOOBENTHOS;

BAHAMAS;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINODERMATA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; OREASTER; OREASTER RETICULATUS;

EID: 0037204172     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps226087     Document Type: Article

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