Reproduction in the sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis (Anthozoa: Pennatulacea) from the west coast of Scotland

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Edwards, Daniel C B ^a   Moore, Colin G ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fecundity; oogenesis; sea pen; seasonality; spawning; sychronicity

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FECUNDITY; INVERTEBRATE; REPRODUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEX RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANTHOZOA; FUNICULINA QUADRANGULARIS; PENNATULACEA;

EID: 60349114219     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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