Opportunistic responses of Diadema antillarum (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) populations following the 1997-98 El Niño event in Bahia, Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 243-248

  Attrill, Martin J ^a   Kelmo, Francisco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Universidade Salvador   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; coral reefs; Diadema; ENSO; phase shift

Indexed keywords

ALGA; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; ECHINODERM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRAZING PRESSURE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

BAHIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; DIADEMA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248180765     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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