Temperature and pressure tolerance of embryos and larvae of the Atlantic seastars Asterias rubens and Marthasterias glacialis (Echinodermata: Asteroidea): Potential for deep-sea invasion

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 314, Issue , 2006, Pages 109-117

  Benitez Villalobos, Francisco ^a   Tyler, Paul A ^a   Young, Craig M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asterias rubens; Deep sea invasion; Embryos larvae; Marthasterias glacialis; Pressure; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECHINODERM; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESSURE; SURVIVORSHIP; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN;

ASTERIAS; ASTERIAS RUBENS; ECHINODERMATA; MARTHASTERIAS GLACIALIS;

EID: 33745596801     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps314109     Document Type: Article

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