Seasonal occurrence and aggregation behavior of the sea urchin Astropyga pulvinata (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in Bahía Culebra, Costa Rica

Pacific Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 579-592

  Alvarado, Juan José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECHINODERM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REFUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UPWELLING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; CULEBRA BAY; GUANACASTE;

ASTROPYGA; ASTROPYGA PULVINATA; ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; PISCES;

EID: 53449089827     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2008)62[579:SOAABO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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