Ocean conditions and bottom-up modifications of gonad development in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus over space and time

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 467, Issue , 2012, Pages 147-166

  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

Allometry; ENSO; Gonad cycle; Intertidal; Latitudinal patterns; Multivariate ENSO Index; Pacific coast; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BENTHOS; ECHINODERM; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LA NINA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA [(STT) MEXICO]; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUNTA BAJA; UNITED STATES; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

ALGAE; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 84868013468     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09960     Document Type: Article

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