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Reproductive patterns of gammaridean amphipods

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Date Issued:
1980
Title: Reproductive patterns of gammaridean amphipods.
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Name(s): Nelson, Walter G., creator
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Article
Issuance: single unit
Date Issued: 1980
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Extent: 12 p.
Physical Description: pdf
Language(s): English
Identifier: 3352188 (digitool), FADT3352188 (IID), fau:6536 (fedora), 10.1080/00364827.1980.10431474 (doi)
Note(s): Patterns of reproductive parameters found among the gammaridean amphipod crustaceans were examined quantitatively. Highly significant positive correlations were found in pairwise comparisons of brood size, egg size, minimum size of reproductive females, and mean size of reproductive females. Significantly higher values of minimum and mean size of reproductive females and brood size were found for comparisons of: I) winter versus summer populations of the same amphipod species, 2) brackish-water versus freshwater and marine species, 3) species of the family Gammaridae versus the families Ampeliscidae and Haustoriidae, 4) single-brooded versus multiple-brooded species (brood size only), and 5) infaunal versus epifaunal species. Reproductive patterns app ear to be more specific within amphipod family groupings than is true for some other organisms, potentially because of the habit at specificity of the gammaridean families examined.
This is an electronic version of an article which may be cited as: Nelson, W. G. (1980). Reproductive patterns of gammaridean amphipods. Sarsia, 65(2), 61-71. doi:10.1080/00364827.1980.10431474. Sarsia is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0036-4827&date=1980&volume=65&issue=2&spage=61
Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #164.
Subject(s): Amphipoda
Gammaridae
Reproduction
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3352188
Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00364827.1980.10431474
Restrictions on Access: ©1980 Taylor & Francis Group
Host Institution: FAU