Insights into sperm-fertilisation relationships in the Arthropoda with ecological significance modelled in an amphipod

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Ford, Alex T ^a   Martins, Irene ^b   Dunn, Alison M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crustacea; Endocrine disruption chemicals; Male fertility; Pollution; Population modelling; Sperm counts

Indexed keywords

AGROTIS SEGETUM; AMPHIPODA; ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS DUEBENI; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRINIA;

EID: 84862332137     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2011.606176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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