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Reproductive and nutritional periodicities in the starfish, Marthasterias glacialis, from Plymouth Sound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

D. Nichols  and
M. F. Barker
D. Nichols
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Hatherly Laboratories, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX 4PS
M. F. Barker
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Exeter, Hatherly Laboratories, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX 4PS
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The gonadial, pyloric caecal and somatic cycles over three consecutive years in a subtidal population of the starfish Marthasterias glacialis from Plymouth Sound are described. The study area lies towards the eastern limit of the up-Channel range of this species, and this is reflected in only partial reciprocity between gonadial and pyloric indices, and also by the apparent utilisation of somatic material during the build-up of gametes. The sequence of events at the cytological level during gonadial build-up is described.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 64 , Issue 2 , May 1984 , pp. 461 - 470
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1984

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