Recruitment and growth of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis (Muller) following mass mortalities off Nova Scotia, Canada

Agriculture & Biology

• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 100%
• Nova Scotia 82%
• Echinoidea 67%
• species recruitment 57%
• Canada 54%
• macroalgae 35%
• algae 28%
• temperature 14%
• rocks 13%
• gonads 12%
• cages 12%
• ambient temperature 10%
• Laminaria 10%
• growth curves 7%
• spawning 6%
• acclimation 6%
• grazing 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• mass mortality 86%
• coralline alga 37%
• sea 34%
• food 19%
• temperature 18%
• food limitation 10%
• growth curve 8%
• boulder 8%
• food supply 8%
• acclimation 8%
• rock 6%
• spawning 6%
• grazing 6%
• laboratory experiment 6%
• alga 5%
• laboratory 3%
• index 3%
• effect 1%