Scallop size does not predict amount or rate of induced sperm release

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 59-65

  Styan, Craig A ^a   Butler, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Mollusc; Scallop; Size; Sperm spawning

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MOLLUSC; SIZE; SPAWNING; SPERM;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CHLAMYS; CHLAMYS ASPERRIMA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PECTINIDAE;

EID: 0037624153     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1023624031000092322     Document Type: Article

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