High fitness areas drive the aggregation of the sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus

Sea urchin aggregation is a common phenomenon in coastlines. However, it remains controversial whether sea urchins form resource aggregations or behavioral aggregations in a non-spawning season. To clarify, we studied the aggregative responses to food and predators in the sea urchin Mesocentrotus nu...

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Main Authors: Yushi Yu, Jiangnan Sun, Yaqing Chang, Chong Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-01-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/12820.pdf