Advances In Marine Biology

Endogenous and Exogenous Control of Gametogenesis and Spawning in Echinoderms

  • Annie Mercier
    • Jean-Francois Hamel

    Advances in Marine Biology was first published in 1963. Now edited by A.J. Southward (Marine Biological Association, UK), P.A. Tyler (Southampton Oceanography Association, UK), C.M. Young (Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, USA) and L.A. Fuiman (University of Texas, USA), the serial publishes in-depth and up-to-date reviews on a wide range of topics which will appeal to postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography. Eclectic volumes in the series are supplemented by thematic volumes on such topics as The Biology of Calanoid Copepods.

    Audience
    Postgraduates and researchers in marine biology, fisheries science, ecology, zoology, oceanography

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    Advances in Marine Biology

Hardbound, 320 Pages

Published: July 2009

Imprint: Academic Press

ISBN: 978-0-12-374959-8

Contents

  • 1. Introduction
    Terminology
    Brief Overview of Reproductive Features

    2. Gametogenesis
    General Note
    Correlation with Exogenous Factors
    Endogenous Mediation

    3. Spawning
    General Note
    Correlation with Exogenous Factors
    Evidence from Spatial and Inter-Annual Variation
    Endogenous Mediation

    4. Discussion
    Methodological Considerations
    Insights from the Deep Sea
    Emerging Trends and Future Research

    Appendix

     

     

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