Population recovery of the sea urchin lytechinus variegatus in a seagrass flat (araruama lagoon, Brazil): The role of recruitment in a disturbed environment

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 143-150

  Junqueira, Andrea de Oliveira Ribeiro ^a,b   Ventura, Carlos Renato Rezende ^a,b   De Carvalho, Adriana Luiza P S ^a   Schmidt, Anders Jensen ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Mass mortality; Population recovery; Recruitment; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

ECHINOIDEA; HALODULE WRIGHTII; HALOPHILA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 1842414268     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1997.9672572     Document Type: Article

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