A novel system for intensive Diadema antillarum propagation as a step towards population enhancement

Abstract The long-spined sea urchin Diadema antillarum was once an abundant reef grazing herbivore throughout the Caribbean. During the early 1980s, D. antillarum populations were reduced by > 93% due to an undescribed disease. This event resulted in a lack of functional reef herbivory and contri...

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Main Authors: Aaron R. Pilnick, Keri L. O’Neil, Martin Moe, Joshua T. Patterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90564-1