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Responses of echinoid larvae to food patches of different algal densities
| Title: | Responses of echinoid larvae to food patches of different algal densities. |
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| Name(s): |
Metaxas, Anna, creator Young, Craig M., creator Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Article | |
| Issuance: | single unit | |
| Date Issued: | 1998 | |
| Publisher: | Springer-Verlag | |
| Extent: | 15 p. | |
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| Language(s): | English | |
| Identifier: | 3318895 (digitool), FADT3318895 (IID), fau:6002 (fedora), 10.1007/s002270050264 (doi) | |
| Note(s): |
High densities of larvae have been found in areas of high primary production, but it remains unclear whether this is the result of hydrodynamics or of larval aggregative behaviour in the presence of food. In this study, we examined changes in the vertical distribution and swimming patterns of four-armed larvae of the sea-urchin Echinometra lucunter (Linnaeus) around food patches of a range of microalgal densities. We reared larvae in the laboratory in a high or low concentration of either single (Isochrysis galbana) or mixed (I. galbana, Dunaliella tertiolecta, Thalassiosira weissflogii) microalgal species. This manuscript is an author version with the final publication available at http://www.springerlink.com and may be cited as: Metaxas, A., & Young, C. M. (1998). Responses of echinoid larvae to food patches of different algal densities. Marine Biology, 130(3), 433-445. doi:10.1007/s002270050264 Florida Atlantic University. Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute contribution #1199. |
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| Subject(s): |
Echinoida Sea urchins--Larvae Larvae--Behavior Larval distribution Larvae--Food |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/3318895 | |
| Links: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270050264 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | ©1998 Springer-Verlag | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
