Problems of the gonad index and what can be done: Analysis of the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Marine Biology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-58

  Ebert, T A ^a   Hernandez, J C ^b,c   Russell, M P ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECHINODERM; ERROR ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; INDEX METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANGE EXPANSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 78650749504     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1541-2     Document Type: Article

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