Effects of Vegetative Reproduction on the Distribution and Abundance of Marine Benthic Invertebrates

殖民地物种，不像无性系物种，经常通过裂变或分裂产生新的殖民地。在某些群落中，这种无性繁殖在决定物种丰度方面起着重要作用。了解无性繁殖及其成功繁殖的条件在许多海洋群落的研究中是必要的。这就需要关于营养繁殖速率以及营养繁殖和幼虫生产的相对成本和产量的定量数据。这项研究继续量化三种加勒比柳珊瑚无性繁殖体的生产成本和成功。成本和收益将与幼虫生产、扩散和生存的新数据进行比较。//

Colonial species, unlike aclonal species, often generate new colonies asexually through fission or fragmentation. In some communities this vegetative propagation plays an important role in determining species abundances. Understanding vegetative propagation and the conditions under which it is successful is necessary in the study of many marine communities. This requires quantitative data on the rates of vegetative propagation and the relative costs and yields of both vegetative propagation and the production of larvae. This research continues quantifying the production costs and success of vegetative propagules among three Caribbean gorgonian corals. The costs and benefits will be compared with new data on larval production, dispersal and survival.//