Growth and rapid gonad recovery of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus after spawning in an Undaria pinnatifida and Saccharina japonica kelp bed

Authors :: Ogasawara, Makoto
Matsui, Toshiyuki
Agatsuma, Yukio
Source :: Journal of Shellfish Research. April, 2011, Vol. 30 Issue 1, p159, 8 p.
Publication Year :: 2011
Abstract: ABSTRACT From December 2004 to November 2006, we monitored monthly the growth and gonad development of the sea urchin Hemicentrotus pulcherrimus in relation to an algal standing crop in an [...]

Subjects :: Kelp bed ecology -- Health aspects -- Growth
Sea urchins -- Growth -- Sexual behavior -- Health aspects
Animal development -- Observations -- Health aspects -- Growth
Spawning -- Observations -- Health aspects -- Growth
Company growth
Biological sciences
Zoology and wildlife conservation

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