Population dynamics of the Echinomermella matsi (Nematoda)-Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Echinoida) system: Effects on host fecundity

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 163, Issue , 1998, Pages 193-201

  Stien, Audun ^a,c   Leinaas, Hans Petter ^a,b   Halvorsen, Odd ^a   Christie, Hartvig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kelp bed ecology; Parasitism; Reproduction; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; GONAD SIZE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; KELP BED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHING;

ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMERMELLA MATSI; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0032510542     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps163193     Document Type: Review

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