Lack of recovery of the long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi in Puerto Rico 33 years after the Caribbean-wide mass mortality
Caribbean populations of the long-spined black sea urchin Diadema antillarum Philippi were decimated by a disease-induced mass mortality in the early 1980’s. The present study provides an updated status of the D. antillarum recovery and population characteristics in La Parguera Natural Reserve, Puer...
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PeerJ Inc.
2020-02-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/8428.pdf |