Red sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus) can live over 100 years: Confirmation with A-bomb 14carbon

Fishery Bulletin

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 915-922

  Ebert, Thomas A ^a   Southon, John R ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; ECHINODERM; LONGEVITY;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS;

EID: 0345357974     PISSN: 00900656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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