Mass spawning by green algae on coral reefs

被引：108
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作者：
Clifton, KE [1 ]
机构：
[1] SMITHSONIAN TROP RES INST, BALBOA, PANAMA
来源：
SCIENCE | 1997年 / 275卷 / 5303期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.275.5303.1116
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
Predawn episodes of mass spawning by green algae (up to nine species in five genera on a single morning) intermittently cloud Caribbean waters. Species- and sex-specific bouts of anisogamous gamete release occurred synchronously and predictably on a given morning, with closely related species spawning al different times. Algal sexual reproduction was seasonal, but, unlike the mass-spawning behavior of other sessile marine organisms, showed no lunar or tidal cycling. The discovery of mass-spawning behavior by these algae has important implications for future studies of the reproductive ecology and speciation of a vital, yet poorly understood, component of the coral reef community.
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页码：1116 / 1118
页数：3
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