Factors influencing the growth and survival of larval and juvenile echinoids

Reviews in Aquaculture

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 121-137

  Kalam Azad, Abul ^a,b   Mckinley, Scott ^a,c   Pearce, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PACIFIC BIOLOGICAL STATION   (Canada)

^c Fisheries and Oceans Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Echinoid; Larval juvenile growth; Larval juvenile survival; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; NAVICULA;

EID: 79957519188     PISSN: 17535123     EISSN: 17535131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-5131.2010.01030.x     Document Type: Review

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