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. 1978 Jan;37(1):23-27.
doi: 10.1007/BF00349988.

Reproductive effort in molluscs

Robert A Browne  1   2 , W D Russell-Hunter  1   2
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Reproductive effort in molluscs

Robert A Browne et al. Oecologia. 1978 Jan.

Abstract

A survey of the available molluscan literature shows that reproductive effort is higher in semelparous species (29.90%) than in iteroparous species (18.21%), and that in iteroparous species reproductive effort increases with successive breeding seasons. Oviparous species were found to divert considerably more into reproduction than viviparous species, with 24.24% and 5.25% channeled respectively.

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