A mass mortality of subtropical intertidal populations of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus: Analysis of potential links with environmental conditions

Marine Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-385

  Girard, Dominique ^a   Clemente, Sabrina ^a   Toledo Guedes, Kilian ^a   Brito, Alberto ^a   Hernández, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disease; Mortality; Sea urchin; Temperature; Wave height

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECHINODERM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION OUTBREAK; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; WAVE HEIGHT;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

ECHINOIDEA; PARACENTROTUS; PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS;

EID: 84864146317     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2011.00491.x     Document Type: Article

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