High variability in egg size and energetic content among intertidal mussels

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-19

  Phillips, Nicole E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIVALVE; EGG SIZE; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; PARENTAL INVESTMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; POINT CONCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS CALIFORNIANUS;

EID: 33847212796     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066576     Document Type: Article

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