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Growth and Fecundity in a Northumberland Population of Spirorbis Spirorbis (Polychaeta: Serpulidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

John M. Daly
John M. Daly*
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, England NE1 7RU
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* Present address: Wellcome Marine Laboratory, University of Leeds, Robin Hood's Bay, N. Yorkshire YO22 4SL.
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So few data are available concerning polychaete fecundity that recent speculation about the relative advantages of different life-history ‘strategies’, and about the relative value of protected and unprotected larval development, has been almost completely abstract. The dangers of this approach have been clearly indicated by Stearns (1976) in his recent review. Until quantitative studies are made of the number and weight of gametes produced in relation to the weight of individuals for a range of species, there seems little basis for discussion of the problems mentioned above.

Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , February 1978 , pp. 177 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1978

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