Egg Size Distributions Among Closely Related Marine Invertebrate Species: Are They Bimodal or Unimodal?

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Previous articleNext article No AccessNotes and CommentsEgg Size Distributions Among Closely Related Marine Invertebrate Species: Are They Bimodal or Unimodal?Frank E. Perron, and Robert H. CarrierFrank E. Perron Search for more articles by this author , and Robert H. Carrier Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The American Naturalist Volume 118, Number 5Nov., 1981 Published for The American Society of Naturalists Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/283865 Views: 6Total views on this site Citations: 23Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1981 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Ovidio García-Oliva, Florian M Hantzsche, Maarten Boersma, Kai W Wirtz, Lisa Campbell Phytoplankton and particle size spectra indicate intense mixotrophic dinoflagellates grazing from summer to winter, Journal of Plankton Research 44, no.22 (Mar 2022): 224–240.https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbac013Alexander D. Meyer, Alan Hastings, John L. 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