The operational sex ratio of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus populations: The case of the Mediterranean marine protected area of Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-132

  Gianguzza, Paola ^a   Badalamenti, Fabio ^b   Gianguzza, Fabrizio ^a   Bonaviri, Chiara ^a   Riggio, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b CNR IAMC Laboratorio di Biologia Marina   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult sex ratio; Echinoid; Marine Protected Area; Natural predation; Starfish; Tyrrhenian Sea

Indexed keywords

ECHINODERM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PROTECTED AREA; SEX RATIO; SPAWNING POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TYRRHENIAN SEA; USTICA;

ASTEROIDEA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 59549092472     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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