Predation upon Diadema aff. antillarum in barren grounds in the Canary Islands

Scientia Marina

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 745-754

  Clemente, Sabrina ^a   Hernández, José Carlos ^a   Toledo, Kilian ^a   Brito, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

' Diadema aff. antillarum; 'Escape size'; Barren grounds; Canary Islands; Cryptic behaviour; Population structure; Predation rate; Tethering experiments

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION;

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

DIADEMA; ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 38049188227     PISSN: 02148358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/scimar.2007.71n4745     Document Type: Article

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