Gamete release at low tide in fucoid algae: Maladaptive or advantageous?

American Zoologist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 218-229

  Brawley, Susan H ^a,d   Johnson, Ladd E ^b   Pearson, Gareth A ^a   Speransky, Vladislav ^c   Li, Rui ^a   Serrao, Ester ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b G1ROQ Université   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745971461     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/39.2.218     Document Type: Article

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