Abundance and growth of the sea urchin Echinocardium cordatum in the central North Sea in the late 80s and 90s

Senckenbergiana Maritima

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Wieking, Gunther ^a   Kröncke, Ingrid ^a  

^a SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Dogger Bank; Echinocardium cordatum; Food availability; Growth; North Sea; Sea urchin; TOC

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECHINODERM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH;

DOGGER BANK; NORTH SEA;

ECHINOCARDIUM; ECHINOCARDIUM CORDATUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 0042420200     PISSN: 0080889X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03043088     Document Type: Article

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