Simultaneous Spawning of Six Species of Echinoderms in Barkley Sound, British Columbia

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Simultaneous Spawning of Six Species of Echinoderms in Barkley Sound, British Columbia

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Six species of echinoderms were observed spawning (1 holothuroid, 1 echinoid, 4 asteroids) during a single 40 min dive to 10 to 18 m depth in Barkley Sound, Vancouver Island, on the afternoon of 9 August 1987, the day after the full moon. Most of the spawning animals were not close to conspecific individuals. None were observed spawning the following day. Published reports indicate that it is not uncommon for widely scattered individuals of echinoderms to broadcast spawn in the field. Fertili...

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1988

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Pearse, JS / McClary, DJ / Sewell, Mary / Austin, WC / Perez-Ruzafa, A / Byrne, M

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/24175

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Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Zoology

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