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