Population structure and morphometric relationships of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) in the South Aegean Sea

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-301

  Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Vafidis, Dimitris ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Allometry; Density; Eastern mediterranean; Fisheries; Population structure; Sea urchins; South Aegean

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIOMASS; BIOMETRY; BODY SIZE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECHINODERM; HARVESTING; MORPHOMETRY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; STOCK ASSESSMENT; STOCK COLLAPSE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 77649300817     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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