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Trophic ecology of sea urchins in coral-rocky reef systems, Ecuador

Sea urchins are important grazers and influence reef development in the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP). Diadema mexicanum and Eucidaris thouarsii are the most important sea urchins on the Ecuadorian coastal reefs. This study provided a trophic scenario for these two species of echinoids in the coral...

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Autores principales: Cabanillas-Terán, Nancy, Loor-Andrade, Peggy, Rodríguez-Barreras, Ruber, Cortés, Jorge
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4734443/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26839748
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1578