Fish predation and the structure of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus populations in the NW Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 71-81

  Sala, Enric ^a   Zabala, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish predation; Fishing; Paracentrotus; Population structure; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PISCES; ECHINODERMATA;

FISHING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; RESERVE; SEA URCHIN;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0029664126     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps140071     Document Type: Article

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