Juvenile-adult associations in sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus and S. droebachiensis): Protection from predation and hydrodynamics in S. franciscanus

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 135-145

  Nishizaki, Michael T ^a,b,c   Ackerman, Josef Daniel ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BAMFIELD MARINE SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CONSPECIFIC; ECHINODERM; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; JUVENILE; MORTALITY; PREDATION RISK; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ECHINOIDEA; PYCNOPODIA HELIANTHOIDES; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS FRANCISCANUS;

EID: 33847389447     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0462-6     Document Type: Article

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