Relation of food preference to fitness for the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Marine Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 73-78

  Lemire, M ^a   Himmelman, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; TRIXIS;

EID: 0030444709     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00993646     Document Type: Article

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