Demography, Growth, Mortality, and Resource Allocation in the White Sea Urchin Lytechinus Pictus |
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... specimens . Individuals were drained on absorbent paper for one minute and wet weights were recorded , then each urchin was dissected into somatic components : body wall ( test , spines , and pedacillariae ) , gonad , Aristotle's ...
... specimens . Individuals were drained on absorbent paper for one minute and wet weights were recorded , then each urchin was dissected into somatic components : body wall ( test , spines , and pedacillariae ) , gonad , Aristotle's ...
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... specimen appeared qualitatively closer in appearance to the specimen from Agua Hedionda ( Figs . 22 , 23 ) . A more diffuse stereom is usually associated with rapid test growth , while slower - growing urchins display a less - porous ...
... specimen appeared qualitatively closer in appearance to the specimen from Agua Hedionda ( Figs . 22 , 23 ) . A more diffuse stereom is usually associated with rapid test growth , while slower - growing urchins display a less - porous ...
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... specimens survive at least 7 years in the laboratory ( Hinegardner 1975 ) , though individuals from field populations would rarely attain that age . In contrast , ages of 7-8 years are not unreasonable for Strongylocen- trotus ...
... specimens survive at least 7 years in the laboratory ( Hinegardner 1975 ) , though individuals from field populations would rarely attain that age . In contrast , ages of 7-8 years are not unreasonable for Strongylocen- trotus ...
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abundance Agua Hedionda lagoon Agua Hedionda population Allometric Anacapa Island analysis April Aristotle's lantern benthic Biol body wall Brody-Bertalanffy calcein components covariance Dafni demipyramid density DIAM differ disease distribution Dry Weight Dry Wt Ebert Echinoderm Echinodermata echinoid Echinoidea Ecol eelgrass environmental equation estimates Figure Four Locations franciscanus functional regression gonad weight Gonad Wet Weight growth and mortality habitats height and diameter Hinegardner Hope Rock In-transformed data inshore and offshore jaw growth Jaw Length July July 27 kelp bed Long Beach Lytechinus pictus Mean Test Diameter micrometer divisions mortality coefficient nonlinear regression Number of Individuals offshore populations outer lagoon outfall parameters Pearse phenotypic pictus pictus collected pictus from Agua Point Loma recruitment reproductive resource allocation San Diego sea urchins Strongylocentrotus Southern California Bight spawning species specimens Strongylocentrotus purpuratus Table tagged urchins Test height Test Plate tetracycline Total Wet transplanted trawling Walford plot Wet Wt