Spatial variability in growth and mortality of the red sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus, in northern California

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 980-992

  Morgan, Lance E ^a,d,e   Botsford, Louis W ^a   Wing, Stephen R ^b   Smith, Barry D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e Mar Conservation Biology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ECHINODERM; FISHING MORTALITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033910275     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f00-046     Document Type: Article

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