The Oogenic Cycle of Nereis Diversicolor Under Natural Conditions
- 1 February 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
- Vol. 62 (3) , 637-645
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315400019809
Abstract
Until recently, the most detailed and widely quoted account of the life cycle and reproductive biology of Nereis diversicolor O. F. Müller was that of Dales (1950; 1951) for a population in the Thames Estuary followed for a single season. The study combined a periodic analysis of the population structure with assessment of reproductive maturity, by gamete analysis of individual worms, and a record of larval recruitment. The conclusions reached were that worms grew to maturity in one year, spawning in February, but that some survived up to a maximum life span of 18 months.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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