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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PeerJ Inc.
2022-01-01
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/12820.pdf |