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Age-specific residual reproductive value and reproductive effort in the Iceland scallop, Chlamys islandica (O.F. Müller)

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The possibility for a trade-off between age-specific residual reproductive value (RRV) and reproductive effort (RE) was investigated. Different ways of estimating RE did not affect conclusions which were: a) there is no clear trade-off between RRV and RE until the scallop has reached an age of about 13 years, i.e. after a reproductive life of about eight years; b) the larva of C. islandica is more important as a means of dispersal than as a means of maintaining the parent population.

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Vahl, O. Age-specific residual reproductive value and reproductive effort in the Iceland scallop, Chlamys islandica (O.F. Müller). Oecologia 51, 53–56 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00344652

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