Mass spawning by the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in a New Zealand fiord

Marine Biology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-140

  Lamare, M D ^a   Stewart, B G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; SPAWNING; SYNCHRONY;

NEW ZEALAND;

ECHINOIDEA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS;

EID: 0031724482     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050379     Document Type: Article

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