Effects of location, exposure and physical structure on juvenile recruitment of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in the Gulf of Maine

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 30, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 207-215

  Harris, Larry G ^a   Chester, Charles M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gulf of Maine; Kelp bed; Larval supply; Physical structure; Recruitment; Sea urchin; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Water motion

Indexed keywords

CASCO; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBRACHIENSIS;

EID: 0030430618     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1996.9672547     Document Type: Article

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