Variability in broods of the seastar Leptasterias aequalis

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 457-463

  Bingham, Brian L ^a,d   Giles, Kehaulani ^b   Jaeckle, William B ^c  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; ECOLOGY;

EMBRYOS; MARINE INVERTEBRATES;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BROOD SIZE; EMBRYO; INVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTION;

ASTERIAS; ASTEROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTASTERIAS; LEPTASTERIAS AEQUALIS;

EID: 3142621425     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z04-009     Document Type: Article

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