Experimental assessment of the fecundity of Eucypris virens (Ostracoda, Crustacea) under natural sex ratios

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1058-1064

  Vandekerkhove, Jochen ^a,b   Matzke Karasz, Renate ^c   Mezquita, Francesc ^b   Rossetti, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eucypris virens; Non marine ostracods; Sex ratio; Sexual reproduction; Sperm limitation

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; EUCYPRIS VIRENS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 34248635678     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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