Food preferences and related behavior of the browsing sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla (Linnaeus) and its potential for use as a biological control agent

Marine Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1761-1772

  Stimson, John ^a   Cunha, Tamar ^a   Philippoff, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; ECHINODERM; FOOD PREFERENCE; MACROALGA; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; RED ALGA; SEAGRASS; TOOTH;

HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; ECHINOIDEA; GRACILARIA; GRACILARIA SALICORNIA; PADINA SANCTAE-CRUCIS; PISCES; POACEAE; TOXOPNEUSTIDAE; TRIPNEUSTES GRATILLA;

EID: 34249034698     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-007-0628-x     Document Type: Article

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