Life histories of Antarctic incirrate octopods (Cephalopoda: Octopoda).

As a general trend in the life history of marine organisms, species inhabiting cold waters have reduced growth rates and increased lifespans. Studies based on egg sizes and brooding times of deep-sea and polar octopods support this hypothesis, but empirical data on growth are still scarce. To test t...

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Main Authors: Richard Schwarz, Henk-Jan Hoving, Christoph Noever, Uwe Piatkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219694