Field estimates of growth and mortality of the green sea urchin, strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Ophelia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-153

  Russell, Michael P ^a   Ebert, Thomas A ^b   Petraitis, Peter S ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN SEA URCHIN; GROWTH; MORTALITY;

GROWTH; INTERTIDAL ZONE; MARK-RECAPTURE; MORTALITY;

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0031811142     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.1998.10428681     Document Type: Article

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