What makes a species common? No evidence of density-dependent recruitment or mortality of the sea urchin Diadema antillarum after the 1983-1984 mass mortality

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-128

  Levitan, Don R ^a   Edmunds, Peter J ^b   Levitan, Keeha E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density independent regulation; Open populations; Population dynamics; Recruitment limitation; Sea urchin ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOMINANCE; ECHINODERM; INTERTIDAL COMMUNITY; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; SAINT JOHN [VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)]; VIRGIN ISLANDS; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

DIADEMA ANTILLARUM; ECHINOIDEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHIN; VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.);

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEA URCHINS; UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS;

EID: 84901426392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2871-9     Document Type: Article

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