How does metabolic rate scale with egg size? An experimental test with sea urchin embryos

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Moran, Amy L ^a   Allen, Jonathan D ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; STARVATION;

ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34247590468     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066591     Document Type: Article

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