The sea star Asterina pectinifera causes deep-layer sloughing in Lithophyllum yessoense (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 398-399, Issue , 1999, Pages 261-266

  Fujita, D ^a  

^a Toyama Prefectural Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asterina pectinifera; Corallinales; Lithophyllum yessoense; Regeneration; Sea star; Sloughing

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; RED ALGA;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

ALGAE; ASTERIAS; ASTERINA PECTINIFERA; ASTEROIDEA; CORALLINALES; ECHINODERMATA; EUKARYOTA; LITHOPHYLLUM; LITHOPHYLLUM YESSOENSE; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0033117862     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4449-0_30     Document Type: Conference Paper

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