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Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young
| Title: | Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young. |
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| Name(s): |
Byrne, M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1991 | |
| Publisher: | Springer | |
| Physical Description: | text/pdf [14 p.] | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3333185 (digitool), FADT3333185 (IID), fau:6272 (fedora), 10.1007/BF01319411 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
Reproduction and development of the ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea H. L. Clark, a species that broods its young, were investigated in Florida from January through December 1985 and in Belize in June 1985 and April 1986.O. olivacea has a maximum disc diameter of 5.2 mm and is a protandric hermaphrodite. Sex reversal occurs at disc diameters ranging between 2.2 and 4.0 mm; it has 400 µm diameter oocytes and is ovoviviparous. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Byrne, M. (1991). Reproduction, development and population biology of the Caribbean ophiuroid Ophionereis olivacea, a protandric hermaphrodite that broods its young. Marine Biology, 111(3), 387-399. doi:10.1007/BF01319411 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #838. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ophiuroidea Hermaphrodites (Animals) Brooding (Incubation) Reproduction Population biology |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3333185 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01319411 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1991 Springer | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
