Growth models, age frequency and size frequency distributions of sea urchin populations (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in native macroalgal beds and sea urchin barrens

Name: Growth models, age frequency and size frequency distributions of sea urchin populations (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in native macroalgal beds and sea urchin barrens
Published: 2015-07-21
License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License

Updated: 2015-07-21

Growth models were constructed for two sea urchin populations over a two-year period using a tag-recapture study in the Mercury Passage, Tasmania. Sea urchins were tagged using tetracycline and calcein and growth models constructed using measurements taken from sea urchin jaws.