The role of chemical signals in the spawning induction of polychaete worms and other marine invertebrates

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 294, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-187

  Watson, G J ^a   Bentley, M G ^b   Gaudron, S M ^b   Hardege, J D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arenicola marina; Heterospecificity; Marine invertebrate; Nereis succinea; Nereis virens; Pheromones; Platynereis dumerilii

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; SPAWNING; ZOOBENTHOS;

ARENICOLA; ARENICOLA MARINA; ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ASTEROIDEA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BIVALVIA; CLUPEA; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CRYPTOPHYTA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINUS ESCULENTUS; INVERTEBRATA; MYTILIDAE; MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS; NEANTHES SUCCINEA; NEREIS; NEREIS SUCCINEA; NEREIS VIRENS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PLATYNEREIS; PLATYNEREIS DUMERILII; POLYCHAETA; RHODOMONAS BALTICA; SIA; SUCCINEA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0042859819     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00264-8     Document Type: Article

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