Growth and morphometrics in the New Zealand sea urchin Pseudechinus huttoni (Echinoidea: Temnopleuridae)

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-428

  Kirby, Selena ^a,b   Lamare, Miles D ^a   Barker, Mike F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brody Bertalanffy equation; Doubtful Sound; Echinoid; Growth; Otago Shelf; Pseudechinus huttoni; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; GROWTH; HABITAT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORPHOMETRY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SIZE; SHELLFISH;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; PSEUDECHINUS HUTTONI; TEMNOPLEURIDAE;

EID: 33750172676     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517432     Document Type: Article

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