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Tough adults, frail babies: an analysis of stress sensitivity across early life-history stages of widely introduced marine invertebrates.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Pineda M Carmen, McQuaid Christopher D, Turon Xavier, López-Legentil Susanna, Ordóñez Víctor, Rius Marc
Abstract excerpt
All ontogenetic stages of a life cycle are exposed to environmental conditions so that population persistence depends on the performance of both adults and offspring. Most studies analysing the influence of abiotic conditions on species performance have focussed on adults, while studies covering early life-history stages remain rare. We investigated the responses of early stages of two widely introduced...
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