Settlement and recruitment of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in two contrasting habitats in the Mediterranean

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 282, Issue , 2004, Pages 173-184

  Tomas, F ^a   Romero, J ^a   Turon, X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Algal assemblage; Echinoid; Paracentrotus lividus; Population dynamics; Posidonia oceanica; Seagrass

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; HABITAT TYPE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; RECRUITMENT; SUBSTRATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; POSIDONIA; POSIDONIA OCEANICA;

EID: 10844291035     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps282173     Document Type: Article

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