Experimental study of growth in the echinoid Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (Echinodermata)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 173-184

  Grosjean, Ph ^a   Spirlet, Ch ^b   Jangoux, M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Echinoid; Growth; Population dynamics; Size frequency distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

GROWTH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE STRUCTURE; SIZE-FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030448054     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(95)00200-6     Document Type: Article

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