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Seasonality and zooid size variation in Panamanian encrusting bryozoans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2003

Aaron O'Dea
Aaron O'Dea*
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado 2072, Balboa, Republica de Panamá, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A model describing the positive correlation between variation in zooid size within bryozoan colonies and the amount of seasonal variation in temperature is tested in Panamanian encrusting bryozoans from contrasting seasonal regimes. Results reveal that in a natural setting the model provides accurate estimates of the level of seasonality experienced by the colonies.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 83 , Issue 5 , October 2003 , pp. 1107 - 1108
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2003

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