Movement patterns of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus in a marine reserve and an unprotected area in the NW Mediterranean

Marine Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 54-62

  Hereu, Bernat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Echinoid; Marine reserves; Movement; NW Mediterranean; Paracentrotus lividus; Sea urchins; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ECHINODERM; MARINE PARK; MOVEMENT; TROPHIC CASCADE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; PISCES;

EID: 21344454857     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2005.00038.x     Document Type: Article

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