Spatial distribution of ascidian sperm: Two-dimensional patterns and short vs. time-integrated assays

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 341, Issue , 2007, Pages 103-109

  Yund, Philip O ^a,c   Murdock, Kaitlin ^a,b   Johnson, Sheri L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilization ecology; Free spawning invertebrate; Sperm dispersal; Vertical mixing

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPERM; VERTICAL MIXING;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34547606579     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps341103     Document Type: Article

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