Reproductive effort in molluscs
- 31 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Oecologia
- Vol. 37 (1) , 23-27
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00349988
Abstract
A survey of the available molluscan literature shows that reproductive effort is higher in semelparous species (29.90%) than in iteroparous species (18.21%), and that in iteroparous species reproductive effort increases with successive breeding seasons. Oviparous species were found to divert considerably more into reproduction than viviparous species, with 24.24% and 5.25% channeled respectively.Keywords
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