Growth, survival, and longevity estimates for the rock-boring sea urchin Echinometra lucunter lucunter (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) in Bermuda

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 381-403

  Ebert, Thomas A ^a   Russell, Michael P ^b   Gamba, Gisela ^c   Bodnar, Andrea ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH; LONGEVITY; SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BERMUDA;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA LUCUNTER;

EID: 47249159859     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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