Non-synchronous spawning behavior in laboratory reared amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri Gray

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 309, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 239-251

  Mizuta, Takanobu ^a   Kubokawa, Kaoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Branchiostoma belcheri; Lancelet; Reproduction; Spawning behavior; Video camera

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 4143153850     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2004.03.017     Document Type: Article

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