Temporal variability in abundance of the sea urchins Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula in the northwestern Mediterranean: Comparison between a marine reserve and an unprotected area

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 168, Issue , 1998, Pages 135-145

  Sala, Enric ^a,c   Ribes, Marta ^b   Hereu, Bernat ^a   Zabala, Mikel ^a   Alvà, Victor ^b   Coma, Rafel ^b   Garrabou, Joaquim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbacia; Fish predation; Marine reserves; Mediterranean; Paracentrotus; Sea urchins; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; SEA URCHIN; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

MEDES ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ARBACIA LIXULA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 0032500008     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps168135     Document Type: Article

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