Abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of populations of Oreaster reticulatus (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) on sand bottoms

Agriculture & Biology

• Asteroidea 100%
• Echinodermata 95%
• population structure 71%
• sand 68%
• spatial distribution 67%
• Virgin Islands of the United States 18%
• Thalassia testudinum 17%
• carrying capacity 13%
• intraspecific competition 13%
• carbonates 13%
• angle of incidence 12%
• resorption 12%
• frequency distribution 12%
• shrimp 10%
• population density 10%
• body size 9%
• predation 9%
• coasts 9%
• grasses 8%
• biomass 7%
• habitats 6%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• size structure 94%
• spatial distribution 56%
• sand 49%
• plain 17%
• reproductive cycle 16%
• intraspecific competition 16%
• resorption 14%
• carrying capacity 12%
• containment 12%
• body size 12%
• predation 10%
• population density 10%
• grass 9%
• food 7%
• carbonate 7%
• habitat 7%
• biomass 7%
• coast 6%
• distribution 4%