Male reproductive success during spawning events of the octocoral Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 367, Issue , 2008, Pages 153-161

  Lasker, Howard R ^a   Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Carla ^a,b   Bala, Katherine ^a   Hannes, Andrew ^a,c   Bilewitch, Jaret P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Marine Science and Biological Research Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Gorgonian coral; Male reproductive success; Microsatellites; Paternity; Sperm

Indexed keywords

CORAL; DISPERSAL; GENETIC MARKER; LARVA; PATERNITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SESSILE SPECIES; SPAWNING; SPERM COMPETITION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; SAN SALVADOR [BAHAMAS];

ANTHOZOA; GORGONIA; PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA ELISABETHAE;

EID: 53949087393     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07614     Document Type: Article

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