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Science 1 October 1982:
Vol. 218. no. 4567, pp. 70 - 72
DOI: 10.1126/science.218.4567.70
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Interoceanic Differences in the Reproduction of Coral-Reef Fishes

R. E. THRESHER 1

1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney, N.S.W. 2006, Australia

Eggs of demersal spawning coral-reef fishes of the tropical western Atlantic are smaller than those of related species in the western Pacific. Decreased egg volume may result in increased fecundity per unit body weight of Atlantic species, a factor that may underlie apparent differences in the stability of the respective coral-reef fish communities.

Submitted on August 10, 1981
Revised on April 20, 1982


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