Consequences of spawning at low tide: Limited gamete dispersal for a rockpool anemone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 266, Issue , 2004, Pages 135-142

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a,b   Semmens, David ^a   Cook, Carly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broadcast spawner; Chemical communication; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; ROCK POOL; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY; TIDAL CYCLE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; OULACTIS MUCOSA; OULACTIS MUSCOSA;

EID: 1342289991     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps266135     Document Type: Article

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