Linckia multifora (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in Rarotonga, Cook Islands: Reproductive mechanisms and ecophenotypes

Pacific Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 371-381

  Crawford, Terry F ^a   Crawford, Bruce F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CYTOCHROME; ECHINODERM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; REGENERATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

COOK ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POLYNESIA; RAROTONGA;

ASTERIAS; ECHINODERMATA; LINCKIA MULTIFORA;

EID: 34248652655     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[371:LMEAIR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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