Sperm release strategies in marine broadcast spawners: The costs of releasing sperm quickly

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3720-3727

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a   Bolton, Toby F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Polyspermy; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHAETA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOZOON; TIME;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; MALE; OVUM; POLYCHAETA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

GALEOLARIA CAESPITOSA; INVERTEBRATA; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 36749087459     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.008417     Document Type: Article

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