High natural fusion rates in a botryllid ascidian

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2613-2619

  Westerman, Erica L ^a   Dijkstra, Jennifer A ^c   Harris, Larry G ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; COLONIAL ORGANISM; COLONY STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; INVERTEBRATE; LARVAL SETTLEMENT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; SALEM HARBOR; UNITED STATES;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLIDAE; BOTRYLLOIDES VIOLACEUS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350425873     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1287-x     Document Type: Article

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