The relationship between egg size and fertilization success in broadcast-spawning marine invertebrates

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 298-311

  Levitan, Don R ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33747877567     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icj025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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