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Life History and Populationi Biology of the Colonial Ascidian Diplosoma Similis

This dissertation examines two issues related to the
ecological and evolutionary consequences of sexual and
asexual reproduction in colonial marine invertebrates.
The first two chapters explore the extent to which the
planktonic larval phase limits the distribution and
abundance of a colonial ascidian, Oiplosoma similis. The
third chapter examines some of the fitness consequences
of alterations in the pattern of asexual reproduction by
colony fragmention in similis. All research was
carried out on the fringing coral reef surrounding
Coconut Island which is located in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu,
Hawaii. / Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1989. Includes bibliographical references.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UHAWAII/oai:scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu:10125/18144
Date05 1900
CreatorsStoner, Douglas Steven
PublisherUniversity of Hawaii, Honolulu
Source SetsUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa Libraries
Languageen-US
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis, Text
Format197 pages
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