A recent increase in the abundance of the echinoid Diadema antillarum in Dominica (Lesser Antilles): 2001-2005

A recent increase in the abundance of the echinoid Diadema antillarum in Dominica (Lesser Antilles): 2001-2005

Diadema antillarum populations at many Caribbean locations have failed to recover from the pathogen-induced mortality events of the 1980s. It has become clear that the massive decline of this herbivorous urchin and the wide-spread absence of a population recovery lead to numerous long-term ecologica...

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Main Authors: S. C. C Steiner, S. M Williams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2006-12-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
Subjects:
Diadema antillarum
densidad poblacional
Dominica
Antillas menores
Caribe
population density
Lesser Antilles
Caribbean
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