Multiple processes regulate long-term population dynamics of sea urchins on Mediterranean rocky reefs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Hereu, Bernat ^a   Linares, Cristina ^a   Sala, Enric ^b,c   Garrabou, Joaquim ^d   Garcia Rubies, Antoni ^d   Diaz, David ^e   Zabala, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^e Centro Oceanográfico de Baleares   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARBACIA LIXULA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION BIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDATION; PREDATOR; SEA URCHIN; SEASHORE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARBACIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CHAIN; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARACENTROTUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ARBACIA LIXULA; ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

ANIMALS; ARBACIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PARACENTROTUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84861013044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036901     Document Type: Article

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