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Opportunistic consumption of coral spawn by the ruby brittle star (Ophioderma rubicundum)

Many reef invertebrates reproduce through simultaneous broadcast spawning, with an apparent advantage of overwhelming potential predators and maximizing propagule survival. Although reef fish have been observed to consume coral gamete bundles during spawning events, there are few records of such pre...

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Autores principales: Williamson, Olivia M., Mustard, Alexander T., Bright, Allan J., Williams, Dana E., Ladd, Mark C., Baker, Andrew C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10196216/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37214603
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10096