Food resource utilization in the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in contrasting shallow-water microhabitats of Saint Joseph Bay, Florida

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-34

  Beddingfield, Stephen D ^a   McClintock, James B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ECHINODERM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0033375725     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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