Do reproductive tactics vary with habitat heterogeneity in the intertidal sea anemone Actinia tenebrosa?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-267

  Sherman, Craig D H ^a   Peucker, Amanda J ^a   Ayre, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asexual; Brooding; Microsatellites; Reproductive cycles; Sex ratios; Sexual

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; HOME RANGE; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

ACTINIA TENEBROSA; ACTINIARIA; ANEMONE; CNIDARIA;

EID: 33845468912     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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