Episodic rainfall influences the distribution and abundance of the regular sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus in Saint Andrew Bay northern gulf of Mexico

Gulf of Mexico Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Bottger, S Anne ^a   Thompson, Larry E ^a   Watts, Stephen A ^a   McClintock, James B ^a   Lawrence, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DISTURBANCE; ECHINODERM; MASS MORTALITY; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

FLORIDA; GULF OF MEXICO; SAINT ANDREW BAY; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 0036337225     PISSN: 1087688X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18785/goms.2001.07     Document Type: Article

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