Age determination, reproduction and growth of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus in Oshoro Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 401-405

  Agatsuma, Yukio ^a   Nakata, Akifumi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Ctrl Fish Exp Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ECHINODERM; GROWTH RATE; REPRODUCTION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; OSHORO BAY;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS; INVERTEBRATA; STRONGYLOCENTROTIDAE;

EID: 1942469936     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315404009348h     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Agatsuma, Y., 2001. Ecology of Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus, Pseudocentrotus depressus, and Anthocidaris crassispina in southern Japan. In Edible sea urchins: biology and ecology (ed. J.M. Lawrence), pp. 363-374. Amsterdam: Elsevier.
2. Agatsuma, Y., Nakata, A. & Matsuyama, K., 2000. Seasonal foraging activity of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus on coralline flats in Oshoro Bay in southwestern Hokkaido, Japan. Fisheries Science, 66, 198-203.
3. Agatsuma, Y., Sakai, Y. & Andrew, N.L., 2003. Enhancement of Japan's sea urchin fisheries. In Sea urchins: fisheries and ecology (ed. J.M. Lawrence and O. Guzmán), pp. 18-36. Lancaster: DEStech Publication.
4. Cochran, R.C. & Engelmann, F., 1975. Environmental regulation of the annual reproductive season of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (STIMPSON). Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, 148, 393-401.
5. Ebert, T.A., 1988. Calibration of natural growth lines in ossicles of two sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus and Echinometra mathaei, using tetracycline. In Echinoderm biology (ed. R.D. Burke et al.), pp. 435-443. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema.
6. Hirano, O., 1968. On the culture of sea urchin, Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus. I. The morphological feature of the sea urchin collected at each location and its growth variation. Journal of the Shimonoseki University of Fisheries, 16, 109-116.
7. Jensen, M.L., 1969. Age determination of echinoids. Sarsia, 37, 41-44.
8. Kawamura, K., 1973. Fishery biological studies on a sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius (A. Agassiz). Science Reports of the Hokkaido Fisheries Experimental Station, 16, 1-54.
9. Lawrence, J.M., 2000. Conflict between somatic and gonadal growth in sea urchins: a review. L'Atelier sur la Coordination de la Recherche sur l'Oursin Vert au Canada Atlantique. http://crpdm.cus.ca/OURSIN/rapide.htm
10. Meidel, S.K. & Scheibling, R.E., 1999. Effects of food type and ration on reproductive maturation and growth of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. Marine Biology, 134, 155-166.
11. Minor, M.A. & Scheibling, R.E., 1997. Effects of food ration and feeding regime on growth and reproduction of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. Marine Biology, 129, 159-167.
12. Moore, H.B., 1935. A comparison of the biology of Echinus esculentus in different habitats. Part II. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 20, 109-128.
13. Pearse, J.S. & Pearse, V.B., 1975. Growth zones in the echinoid skeleton. American Zoology, 15, 731-753.
14. Russell, M.P. & Meredith, R.W., 2000. Natural growth lines in echinoid ossicles are not reliable indicators of age: a test using Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis. Invertebrate Biology, 119, 410-420.
15. Watt, S.A., McClintock, J.B. & Lawrence, J.M., 2001. The ecology of Lytechinus variegatus. In Edible sea urchins: biology and ecology (ed. J.M. Lawrence), pp. 375-393. Amsterdam: Elsevier.