Demographic characteristics of Lytechinus variegatus (Echinoidea: Echinodermata) from three habitats in a North Florida Bay, Gulf of Mexico

Marine Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-40

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Echinoid; Population dynamics; Sea urchin; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECHINODERM; GROWTH RATE; LONGEVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; SYRINGODIUM FILIFORME; THALASSIA TESTUDINUM;

EID: 0034123195     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0485.2000.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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