Settlement behaviour and early post-settlement predation of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-66

  Scheibling, Robert E ^a   Robinson, Mark C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Larvae; Predation; Sea urchin; Settlement; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; CRUSTACEAN; CRYPSIS; ECHINODERM; JUVENILE; LARVA; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION; RED ALGA; SETTLING BEHAVIOR; TEXTURE;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECHINOIDEA; RHODOPHYTA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 51649107486     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.07.041     Document Type: Article

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