Because sperm outnumber eggs, it is often assumed that variation in female reproductive
success has little to do with male or sperm availability. Similarly for males, access to viable …

Reproductive Biology of Teleost Fishes is the first integrated review of the reproductive
biology of the bony fishes, which are the most species-rich and diversified group of …

This chapter addresses the likelihood of fertilization in the sea, the factors that can mediate
fertilization success, and the ecological and evolutionary consequences of variation in …

Determining fertilization success of free spawning organisms in the field requires knowledge
of how eggs and sperm interact under varying encounter frequencies and durations. In the …

In many coral reef fishes, males face the evolutionary problems of how to allocate sperm
among frequent, daily mating in order to maximize the number of eggs they fertilize. A …

Mathematical and experimental simulations predict that external fertilization is unsuccessful
in habitats characterized by high water motion. A key assumption of such predictions is that …

Patterns of natural gamete release and fertilization success are reported for the open-coast
macrophyte Fucus distichus L.(formerly Fucus distichus ssp. distichus), which is restricted to …

We investigated the environmental factors providing signals for gamete release in fucoid
algae, with a particular focus on the inhibitory effect of water motion. The release of gametes …

Because male distribution and abundance strongly influence female fertilization success,
density‐dependent selection might act on gamete traits to maximize reproductive success …

For organisms that free-spawn gametes into the environment, sperm limitation can be a
major determinant of reproductive success. Previous tests of sperm limitation have been …