Intra- And interspecific variation of attachment strength in sea urchins

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 332, Issue , 2007, Pages 129-142

  Santos, Romana ^a,b   Flammang, Patrick ^a  

^a Academie universitaire Wallonie Bruxelles   (Belgium)

^b Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Blológica   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Arbacia lixula; Hydrodynamic disturbance; Paracentrotus lividus; Regular echinoids; Sphaerechinus granularis; Tube feet

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; WAVE HEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; ARBACIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; SPHAERECHINUS GRANULARIS;

EID: 34047179919     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps332129     Document Type: Article

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