Fertilization success of the circumpolar Antarctic seastar Odontaster validus: A diver-collected study

• Main Authors: Grange, L.J., Tyler, P.A., Peck, L.S.
• Other Authors: Pollock, N.W.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: American Academy of Underwater Sciences 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Rothera; Rothera Research Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey
• Online Access: https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/354695/

Broadcast spawning invertebrates in the Antarctic encounter a very arduous and unforgiving environment, where consistently low temperatures, high seawater viscosities and at times high flow conditions undermine successful sperm-egg interactions. The fertilization traits of the circumpolar Antarctic...