Experimental and field studies on foraging behavior and activity rhythm of hard-spined sea urchin Anthocidaris crassispina

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 796-803

  Miyamoto, Koji ^a   Kohshima, Shiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Behavior; Foraging; Sea urchin; Spines; Tube feet

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCIDARIS; ANTHOCIDARIS CRASSISPINA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 33746917967     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01220.x     Document Type: Article

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