Life History and Populationi Biology of the Colonial Ascidian Diplosoma Similis

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Title:	Life History and Populationi Biology of the Colonial Ascidian Diplosoma Similis
Author:	Stoner, Douglas Steven
Date:	1989-05
Publisher:	University of Hawaii, Honolulu
Citation:	Stoner, Douglas Steven. Life History and Populationi Biology of the Colonial Ascidian Diplosoma Similis. Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1989.
Abstract:	This dissertation examines two issues related to the ecological and evolutionary consequences of sexual and asexual reproduction in colonial marine invertebrates. The first two chapters explore the extent to which the planktonic larval phase limits the distribution and abundance of a colonial ascidian, Oiplosoma similis. The third chapter examines some of the fitness consequences of alterations in the pattern of asexual reproduction by colony fragmention in similis. All research was carried out on the fringing coral reef surrounding Coconut Island which is located in Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii.
Description:	Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1989. Includes bibliographical references.
Pages/Duration:	197 pages
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/18144
Rights:	All UHM dissertations and theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission from the copyright owner.
LC Subject Headings:	Sea squirts. Diplosoma similis.