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Reproductive success in large populations: empirical measures and theoretical predictions of fertilization in the sea biscuit Clypeaster rosaceus
| Title: | Reproductive success in large populations: empirical measures and theoretical predictions of fertilization in the sea biscuit Clypeaster rosaceus. |
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| Name(s): |
Levitan, D. R., creator Young, Craig M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1995 | |
| Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Extent: | 22 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3331900 (digitool), FADT3331900 (IID), fau:6144 (fedora), 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00039-T (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
For organisms that free-spawn gametes into the environment, sperm limitation can be a major determinant of reproductive success. Previous tests of sperm limitation have been restricted to very small experimental populations. Here we test and then use a fertilization model to explore sperm limitation in large populations. Predictions of the fertilization model are compared with measures of dye diffusion and in situ fertilization of the sea biscuit Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus). The model could not be rejected in either test. Then this model was used to simulate large-scale spawning events in a natural population of C. rosaceus. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00220981 and may be cited as: Levitan, D. R., & Young, C. M. (1995). Reproductive success in large populations: empirical measures and theoretical predictions of fertilization in the sea biscuit Clypeaster rosaceus. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 190(2), 221-241. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(95)00039-T Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1098. |
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| Subject(s): |
Clypeasteroida Sand dollars--Reproduction Fertilization Allee effect Sea biscuits |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3331900 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0981(95)00039-T | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1995 Elsevier B.V. | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
