Diets and coexistence of the sea urchins Lytechinus variegatus and Arbacia punctulata (Echinodermata) along the central Florida gulf coast

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 295, Issue , 2005, Pages 171-182

  Cobb, Janessa ^a   Lawrence, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arbacia punctulata; Coexistence; Diet; Gulf of Mexico; Lytechinus variegatus; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DIET; ECHINODERM; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

ALGAE; ARBACIA PUNCTULATA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS;

EID: 22744450216     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps295171     Document Type: Article

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