Resource allocation and growth rates in the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinoidea: Echinometridae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 657-663

  McShane, P E ^a,b   Anderson, O F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; MORPHOMETRICS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEA URCHIN;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND;

ECHINOIDEA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS;

EID: 0030792416     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050132     Document Type: Article

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