- Title
- Reproductive seasonality of southern African inshore and estuarine invertebrates–a biogeographic review
- Creator
- Hodgson, Alan N
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447415
- Identifier
- vital:74623
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2010.11657249
- Description
- A literature review reveals that reproductive seasonality of less than 1% of South Africa’s inshore marine invertebrates has been studied. Approximately 95% of studies have been on large, long-lived, gonochoristic, iteroparous species, and nearly 50% on molluscs. There is only a weak relationship between biogeographic region and timing of reproduction. Nevertheless, a relatively large proportion of west coast species studied breed in winter, whereas south coast species tend to have breeding peaks in spring/summer, although many nearly always have mature gametes and probably reproduce year-round. East coast species are mainly continuous or summer breeders. The factors that control gametogenesis and trigger spawning are largely unresolved, although temperature and food are thought to be important in many species.
- Format
- 17 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Zoology, Hodgson, A.N., 2010. Reproductive seasonality of southern African inshore and estuarine invertebrates–a biogeographic review. African Zoology, 45(1), pp.1-17, African Zoology volume 45 number 1 1 17 2010 2224-073X
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Hodgson, Alan N (Prof)
SDG 14. Life Below Water
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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