Spawning, development, and the duration of larval life in a deep-sea cold-seep mussel

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-162

  Arellano, Shawn M ^a,b   Young, Craig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

BIVALVE; COLD SEEP; DEEP SEA; EGG SIZE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HATCHING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE TABLE; MUSCLE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SHELL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPAWNING; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; LOUISIANA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OCEANS AND SEAS; REPRODUCTION; SEROTONIN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

BATHYMODIOLUS CHILDRESSI; BIVALVIA;

EID: 65349113729     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25470737     Document Type: Article

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