The larval skeleton of the sea urchin Lytechinus variegatus is an ideal model system for
studying skeletal patterning; however, our understanding of the etiology of skeletal …

Though phenotypically plastic responses in echinoids are well studied, the majority of the
literature examines the effect of altered diet. Some species, however, such as the purple sea …

Background Fluorochrome staining is among the most widely used techniques to study
growth dynamics of echinoderms. However, it fails to detect fine-scale increments because …

In the framework of stock enhancement, field experiments were conducted between March
and July 2021 in rocky shores of Central Portugal to test the usefulness of refuges and …

The green sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis is a widely distributed circumpolar
species found in the boreal regions of the Atlantic and Pacific. S. droebachiensis plays an …

The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816)(Echinodermata: Echinoidea) is an
important economic resource in Europe, but intense harvesting has led to the collapse of …

The spatial structuring of seabird populations makes individual colonies very dependent on
regional factors. That is especially the case in small edge populations located far from large …

Pseudechinus magellanicus is an ecologically important and small sea urchin in coastal and
nearshore habitats off southern South America. We provide the first growth assessment for …

Growth dynamics of the primary spine of the cidaroid sea urchin Phyllacanthus imperialis
was assessed for the first time using pulsed 26Mg‐labeling and NanoSIMS isotopic imaging …

Growth and survival are basic attributes of life histories of all organisms. Growth of the dome
shape of sea urchins includes calcification of interacting plates. Elemental ratios and …