Oxygen in egg masses: Interactive effects of temperature, age, and egg-mass morphology on oxygen supply to embryos

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 722-731

  Moran, Amy L ^a   Woods, H Arthur ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg mass; Marine; Nudibranch; Oxygen; Size; Temperature

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROWDING; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TRITONIA SEA SLUG; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CROWDING; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TEMPERATURE; TRITONIA SEA SLUG; WASHINGTON;

CLYPEASTEROIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33947411422     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02702     Document Type: Article

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