Bathymetric segregation of sea urchins on reefs of the Canarian Archipelago: Role of flow-induced forces

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 481-488

  Tuya, F ^a,b   Cisneros Aguirre, J ^c   Ortega Borges, L ^b   Haroun, R J ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIOGES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; sea urchin; spatial patterns; vertical distribution; water movement; waves

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BATHYMETRY; ECHINODERM; HABITAT; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE PARTITIONING; REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARBACIA; ARBACIA LIXULA; DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 34249006583     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.02.007     Document Type: Article

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