Contrasting reproductive strategies in three deep-sea octocorals from eastern Canada: Primnoa resedaeformis, Keratoisis ornata, and Anthomastus grandiflorus

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-350

  Mercier, A ^a   Hamel, J F ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cold water; Deep sea; Gametogenesis; Octocorals; Reproduction; Spawning

Indexed keywords

BYCATCH; COLD WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORAL; DEEP SEA; FECUNDITY; GAMETOGENESIS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CANADA;

ALCYONACEA; ANTHOMASTUS; ANTHOZOA; KERATOISIS; PRIMNOA RESEDAEFORMIS;

EID: 79955885762     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0724-8     Document Type: Article

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