behaviorsea urchin barrensseascapekelpRed and purple sea urchins (Mesocentrotus francisanus and Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) cohabit the west coast of North America and exhibit behavioral switching between sheltering, when food is abundant, and emergence and overgrazing, when food is scarce. To better...
Clements and his colleagues realized no one had ever described this urchin behavior. From Science News For Students Normally, otters would eat enough of them to keep populations of kelp-eating urchins from growing out of control. From Science News For Students Even the urchins are plumper and he...
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Still used for "hedgehog" in non-standard speech in Cumbria, Yorkshire, Shropshire. Applied throughout 16c. to people whose appearance or behavior suggested hedgehogs, from hunchbacks (1520s) to goblins (1580s) to bad girls (1530s); meaning "poorly or raggedly clothed youngster" emerged 1550...
As people are thinking about practical ways to facilitate kelp forest recovery, most people would agree we need to reduce the number of sea urchins, but it is also really important to consider the role of sea urchin behavior. Joshua Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, National Center for Ecological ...
Choosing trash instead of nature: Sea urchin covering behavior Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 155, June 2020, Page 111188 Purchase options CorporateFor R&D professionals working in corporate organizations. Academic and personalFor academic or personal use only. Looking for a customized option? Contact ...
However, one of the main drawbacks that still delays its fast evolution and effectiveness is related to the behavior of nanomaterials in the presence of biological fluids. Unfortunately, biological fluids are characterized by high ionic strengths which usually induce NP aggregation. Besides this ...
On the shallow sandy bottom in the innermost part of the Gulf of Thailand, the regular sea urchin feeds on two spatangoid urchins: , one of the locally dominant infaunal macrobenthic animals, and . Aggregations of were frequently seen on the soft bottom during a survey of the macrobenthos...
We performed a multilevel factorial field experiment to identify the effects of five factors on sea urchins' (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) aggregating behavior. The factors were (1) source of urchins (kelpbed or barrens), (2) density of urchins (high or low), (3) location of treatment...