Testing the reproductive benefits of aggregation: The limpet Patella vulgata shows no evidence of synchrony in gonad development

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 306, Issue , 2006, Pages 201-207

  Coleman, Ross A ^a,c   Hawkins, Stephen J ^b   Wood, Hannah L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Behaviour; Grazing; Patella vulgata; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; MOLLUSC; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMALIA; PATELLA VULGATA; PATELLIDAE;

EID: 32644434210     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps306201     Document Type: Article

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