Mechanism maintaining dense beds of the sand dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis in northern Japan

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 363, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-27

  Takeda, Satoshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Metamorphosis; Population dynamics; Recruitment; Sand dollar; Scaphechinus mirabilis

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; DOMINANCE; ECHINODERM; IMMIGRATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; JUVENILE; MASS MORTALITY; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEAFLOOR; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBTIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

CLYPEASTEROIDA; MIRABILIS; SCAPHECHINUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 49549092934     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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