Spatial patchiness in the sea cucumber Pachythyone rubra in the California Channel Islands

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 348, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 121-132

  Eckert, Ginny L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

Author keywords

California Channel Islands; Marine invertebrate; Pachythyone rubra; Predation; Sea cucumber; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLY; ISLAND; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA BARBARA CHANNEL; UNITED STATES;

ASTEROIDEA; HOLOTHUROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PACHYTHYONE RUBRA; PANULIRUS INTERRUPTUS; PYCNOPODIA HELIANTHOIDES;

EID: 34347209761     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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