Changes in growth and reproduction of green sea urchins, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Müller), during repopulation of the shallow subtidal zone after mass mortality

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 335, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-291

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

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Green sea urchin; Growth; Mass mortality; Reproduction; Spawning; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC COAST [CANADA]; ATLANTIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; LAMINARIA; LAMINARIA DIGITATA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 33745639230     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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