Reproduction among protobranch bivalves of the family Nuculidae from sublittoral, bathyal, and abyssal depths off the New England coast of North America

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 56, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 1835-1846

  Scheltema, Rudolf S ^a   Williams, Isabelle P ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecundity; Geographic distribution; Oogenesis; Periodicity

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE SPECIES; BOTTOM CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FECUNDITY; GENETIC SIMILARITIES; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRANULOSA; GREENLAND; LARVAL STAGE; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICAN; NORTH-WESTERN ATLANTIC; OOGENESIS; PERIODICITY; PLANKTONIC LARVAE; SEA FLOOR; SUMMER MONTHS; WATER COLUMNS; WEST AFRICA;

LANDFORMS;

COASTAL ZONES;

BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; DEEP-SEA ORGANISM; FECUNDITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PERIODICITY; PLANKTON; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEAFLOOR; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

BIVALVIA; BREVINUCULA VERRILLI; DEMINUCULA ATACELLANA; ENNUCULA; NUCULA ANNULATA; NUCULA DELPHINODONTA; NUCULA PROXIMA; NUCULIDAE;

EID: 69949120091     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.05.024     Document Type: Article

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