Intersexuality incidence, sex ratio fluctuations and intersex reproductive output as factors affecting the temporal variation of intersexed populations of the marine amphipod Echinogammarus marinus

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 163-169

  Martins, Irene ^a   Ford, Alex T ^b   Fernandes, Teresa F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Intersexuality; Mathematical model; Population level effects; Reduced fitness; Reproductive disorders; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPOD; INTERSEXUALITY; POPULATION-LEVEL EFFECTS; REDUCED FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS; SEX RATIO;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MARINE ENGINEERING; MARINE POLLUTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

AMPHIPOD; INTERSEX; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER; SEX RATIO; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINOGAMMARUS MARINUS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AMPHIPODA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MARINE BIOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

ECHINOGAMMARUS MARINUS;

EID: 67651093757     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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