Repopulation of the shallow subtidal zone by green sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) following mass mortality in Nova Scotia, Canada

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1511-1517

  Brady, Sheanna M ^a,b   Scheibling, Robert E ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Rideau Valley Conservation Authority   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RECOLONIZATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 27744603040     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315405012713     Document Type: Article

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