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Environmental and biological cues for spawning in the crown-of-thorns starfish

Sporadic outbreaks of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish are likely to be due, at least in part, to spatial and temporal variation in reproductive and settlement success. For gonochoric and broadcast spawning species such as crown-of-thorns starfish, spawning synchrony is fundamental for achi...

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Autores principales: Caballes, Ciemon Frank, Pratchett, Morgan S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5371309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28355236
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173964