Sea urchin Diadema antillarum: Different functions in the structure and dynamics of reefs on both sides of the Atlantic

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 302, Issue , 2005, Pages 307-310

  Tuya, Fernando ^a   Haroun, Ricardo J ^a   Boyra, Arturo ^a   Sanchez Jerez, Pablo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternate states; Atlantic Ocean; Bioengineers; Community organization; Diadema antillarum; Reefs; Regime shifts; Sea urchins

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECHINODERM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEF;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 28444474602     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps302307     Document Type: Review

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