Variable effects of larval size on post-metamorphic performance in the field

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 279, Issue , 2004, Pages 73-80

  Marshall, Dustin J ^a,b   Keough, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bryozoan; Carry over effects; Egg size

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RECRUITMENT;

BRYOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; WATERSIPORA SUBTORQUATA;

EID: 7044253410     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps279073     Document Type: Article

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