Natural growth lines in echinoid ossicles are not reliable indicators of age: A test using Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 410-420

  Russell, Michael P ^a   Meredith, Robert W ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcein; Echinodermata; Fluorescence; Sea urchin; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 0034361330     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2000.tb00111.x     Document Type: Article

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