Daily movement of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in different subtidal habitats in eastern Canada

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 317, Issue , 2006, Pages 87-99

  Dumont, Clément P ^a,c   Himmelman, John H ^a   Russell, Michael P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Foraging activity; Movement; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Tagging; Urchin barrens

Indexed keywords

BROWN ALGA; ECHINODERM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE; NORTH AMERICA;

ECHINOIDEA; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 33747615255     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps317087     Document Type: Article

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