Decadal-scale dynamics of sea urchin population networks in Fiordland, New Zealand are driven by juxtaposition of larval transport against benthic productivity gradients

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 378, Issue , 2009, Pages 125-134

  Wing, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fiordland; Marine reserve; Metapopulation; Sea urchin; Sinks; Sources

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BENTHOS; DECADAL VARIATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHINODERM; FJORD; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; ISOLATED POPULATION; JUVENILE; KELP FOREST; LARVAL TRANSPORT; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOLONIZATION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SUBPOPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; FIORDLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

ECHINOIDEA; ECKLONIA RADIATA; EVECHINUS CHLOROTICUS;

EID: 63649121884     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07878     Document Type: Article

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