Annual reproductive cycle of the green sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, in differing habitats in Nova Scotia, Canada

Agriculture & Biology

• Strongylocentrotus nudus 100%
• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 97%
• Nova Scotia 80%
• gonads 56%
• Canada 53%
• grazing 43%
• habitats 36%
• Echinoidea 33%
• macroalgae 31%
• spawning 18%
• phagocytes 12%
• cells 10%
• fecundity 9%
• digestive system 8%
• coasts 8%
• diet 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• reproductive cycle 87%
• grazing 55%
• habitat 38%
• sea 34%
• index 32%
• spawning 24%
• cell 23%
• fecundity 14%
• diet 11%
• food 8%
• coast 7%
• material 5%