Distribution of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus along a shallow bathymetric gradient in Onagawa Bay in northern Honshu, Japan

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1027-1036

  Agatsuma, Yukio ^a   Yamada, Hirokazu ^b   Taniguchi, Kazuya ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Izu Branch   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acrosorium polyneurum; Distribution; Gonad development; Gut content; Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus; Migration; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRIC SURVEY; ECHINODERM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; ONAGAWA BAY;

ACROSORIUM POLYNEURUM; ALGAE; CHONDRUS; ECHINOIDEA; HEMICENTROTUS; HEMICENTROTUS PULCHERRIMUS;

EID: 33845899968     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2006)25[1027:DOTSUH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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