Direct observations of protandrous sex change in the patellid limpet Patella vulgata

Direct observations of sex change were made on Patella vulgata, which has long been considered a protandrous hermaphrodite based on indirect methods. Thirty per cent of the male limpets that were marked during the spawning season in 2003 were female when they were re-examined during the spawning sea...

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Published in:	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2006-02, Vol.86 (1), p.161-162
Main Authors:	Le Quesne, W.J.F., Hawkins, S.J.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Biological and medical sciences Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Invertebrates Marine Mollusca Patella vulgata Patellidae Research Article Sea water ecosystems Synecology
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