Influence of sperm dilution and gamete contact time on the fertilization rate of scleractinian corals

Coral Reefs

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1199-1206

  Nozawa, Yoko ^a   Isomura, Naoko ^b   Fukami, Hironobu ^c  

^a BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b OKINAWA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acropora; Contact time; Fertilization success; Merulinidae; Scleractinian coral; Sperm concentration

Indexed keywords

ACROPORA; ACROPORA PAPILLARE; ACROPORIDAE; ANTHOZOA; FAVITES PENTAGONA; MERULINIDAE; PLATYGYRA RYUKYUENSIS; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84947127736     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-015-1338-3     Document Type: Article

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