Abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of the sea star Protoreaster nodosus in Palau, with notes on feeding and reproduction

Agriculture & Biology

• Palau 100%
• Asteroidea 81%
• spatial distribution 54%
• sand 22%
• habitats 15%
• angle of incidence 14%
• population size 12%
• sediments 12%
• spawning 11%
• population structure 11%
• ingestion 10%
• predation 10%
• mouth 10%
• ecology 9%
• Biological Sciences 9%
• biomass 8%
• larvae 7%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• size structure 76%
• spatial distribution 45%
• seagrass 43%
• sea 35%
• habitat 16%
• sand 16%
• population structure 14%
• population size 13%
• Moon 12%
• spawning 12%
• larva 12%
• spacing 11%
• ecology 10%
• biomass 8%
• laboratory 7%
• sediment 6%