Abrupt change in food environment induces cloning in plutei of Dendraster excentricus

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-49

  McDonald, Kathryn A ^a,b,c   Vaughn, Dawn ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONE; ECHINODERM; LABORATORY METHOD; LARVA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MORPHOLOGY;

ALGAE; CLYPEASTEROIDA; DENDRASTER EXCENTRICUS; ECHINODERMATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA URCHIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; LARVA; MALE; REPRODUCTION, ASEXUAL; SEA URCHINS;

EID: 78049428147     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/BBLv219n1p38     Document Type: Article

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