Temporal and spatial variability in settlement and recruitment of echinoderms in kelp beds and barrens in Nova Scotia

Agriculture & Biology

• Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis 100%
• Nova Scotia 82%
• Echinodermata 75%
• macroalgae 64%
• species recruitment 57%
• collectors 48%
• habitats 37%
• needs assessment 33%
• Asterias 32%
• Laminaria 30%
• lawns and turf 25%
• larval development 21%
• spawning 19%
• plastics 16%
• sampling 15%
• environmental factors 13%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• echinoderm 79%
• asteroid 17%
• habitat 14%
• post-settlement process 14%
• larval development 11%
• sampling 9%
• spawning 7%
• artifact 6%
• environmental conditions 6%
• plastic 6%
• mortality 6%
• need 4%
• trend 4%
• effect 1%