Are all eggs created equal? A case study from the Hawaiian reef-building coral Montipora capitata

Coral Reefs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 137-152

  Padilla Gamiño, Jacqueline L ^a,b,k   Bidigare, Robert R ^a,b   Barshis, Daniel J ^a,c   Alamaru, Ada ^d   Hédouin, Laetitia ^a,e   Hernández Pech, Xavier ^f   Kandel, Frederique ^a   Leon Soon, Sherril ^a,b   Roth, Melissa S ^g,h   Rodrigues, Lisa J ⁱ   Grottoli, Andrea G ^j   Portocarrero, Claudia ^a   Wagenhauser, Stephanie A ^a   Buttler, Fenina ^b   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE PERPIGNAN   (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Biochemical phenotype; Coral eggs; Coral reproduction; Egg provisioning; Gamete variation; Maternal effects; Spawner

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPE; COLONY; CORAL REEF; EGG SIZE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMETE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PROTEIN; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CHLOROPHYTA; MONTIPORA CAPITATA; SYMBIODINIUM;

EID: 84874815610     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0957-1     Document Type: Article

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