Negative Growth and Longevity in the Purple Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (Stimpson)
- 4 August 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 157 (3788) , 557-558
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.157.3788.557
Abstract
Purple sea urchins were tagged, measured, and placed in a tidepool at Sunset Bay, Oregon. After 1 year, many animals had decreased in size. Accordingly, size is not necessarily a reliable index of age in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus; however, it is possible to conclude that these animals are relatively long-lived.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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