Pubblicazione
AGE AND GROWTH OF THE SEA URCHIN PARACENTROTUS LIVIDUS IN TAVOLARA - PUNTA CODA CAVALLO MARINE PROTECTED AREA (SARDINIA)
15/06/2013
B. Loi, G. Brundu, I. Guala , F. Frau, P. Panzalis, G. Bernardi, A. Navone, M. Baroli
Abstract
The age of Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) (Echinidae, Echinodermata) in Tavolara - Punta Coda Cavallo Marine Protected Area was evaluated by analysing the natural growth banding in the interambulacral plates from the oral part of the test. Sigmoidal growth function was fitted from plate ring analysis, and reflected a higher growth rate, with higher mean diameters at equal age, than that observed in populations of other areas of the Western Mediterranean.
