Stereological analysis of nutritive phagocytes and gametogenic cells during the annual reproductive cycle of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 202-209

  Harrington, Laura H ^a   Walker, Charles W ^a   Lesser, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gametogenesis; Nutritive phagocytes; Photoperiod; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 34547890342     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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