Resource allocation in ascidians: Reproductive investment vs. other life-history traits

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-180

  Tarjuelo, Isabel ^a   Turon, Xavier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lecithotrophy; Parental investment; Resource allocation; Tunic production; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIACEA; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 3242701291     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2004.tb00152.x     Document Type: Article

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