Sources of variation in larval quality for free-spawning marine invertebrates: Egg size and the local sperm environment

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Egg size; Fertilisation kinetics; Maternal effects

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 0141566318     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2003.9652554     Document Type: Article

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