Effect of seawater temperature on reproductive seasonality and fecundity of Pseudoplexaura porosa (Cnidaria: Octocorallia): latitudinal variation in Caribbean gorgonian reproduction

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-222

  De Putron, Samantha J ^a   Ryland, John S ^b  

^a BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bermuda; Gamete; Panama; Periodicity; Spawning

Indexed keywords

ALCYONARIA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; GORGONIA; PSEUDOPLEXAURA POROSA;

EID: 70349220042     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00170.x     Document Type: Article

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