Pre-emptive competition as a selective pressure for early reproduction in the polychaete Nereis virens

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 254, Issue , 2003, Pages 199-211

  Lewis, C ^a,b   Olive, P J W ^a   Bentley, M G ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nereis virens; Polychaeta; Pre emptive competition; Seasonal reproduction

Indexed keywords

INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; POLYCHAETE; REPRODUCTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

INVERTEBRATA; NEREIS; NEREIS VIRENS; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0038039611     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps254199     Document Type: Article

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