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PLoS ONE, 2017 Sea urchins are broadly recognised as a delicacy and their quality as food for humans is highly influenced by their diet. Lipids in general and the long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) in particular, are essential nutrients that determine not
Naoki Kabeya +5 more
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High fitness areas drive the aggregation of the sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Sea urchin aggregation is a common phenomenon in coastlines. However, it remains controversial whether sea urchins form resource aggregations or behavioral aggregations in a non-spawning season.
Yushi Yu +3 more
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2006 Injuries caused by venomous and poisonous aquatic animals may provoke important morbidity in humans. The phylum Echinoderma include more than 6000 species of starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers some of which have been found responsible for injuries to humans. Initial injuries by sea urchins are associated with trauma and envenomation,
Rossetto, André Luiz +2 more
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Structure and function of sea urchin neuropeptides [PDF]
, 2010 PhDThe subject of this thesis is the identification and functional characterization of sea urchin neuropeptides. Neuropeptides are important mediators of neural signalling in all known animals with a nervous system, including bilaterians, ctenophorans ...
Rowe, Matthew Lyndon
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Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries, 2022 There is a growing interest in sea urchin roe enhancement around the world, but relatively little is known about the physical differences between enhanced and wild sea urchin roe and the causes of any differences.
I. Mathisen Sætra +3 more
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npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2023 Sea urchins are biotic factors driving the decline of kelp forests in marine ecosystems. However, few studies have analyzed the microbiota of surviving sea urchins in barren regions with scarce diet resources.
Joon-Young Park +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Countless marine organisms were polluted with radioactive materials that were dispersed when the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) was damaged in 2011 by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Mst Nazira Akhter Rithu +4 more
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FACETS, 2022 Overgrazing of habitat-forming kelps by sea urchins is reshaping reef seascapes in many temperate regions. Loss of kelp, in particular as a food source, may alter individual consumer physiology, which in turn may impair their ability to respond to ...
Jasmin M. Schuster +3 more
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Ilmu Kelautan, 2023 Microplastics are recognized as common contaminants of coral ecosystem in Tidung Island, affecting both sediment and sea urchins residing in this environment. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the characteristics of microplastics found in sediment,
Sulistiowati Sulistiowati +4 more
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Urchin Searchin’: Red urchins and drift kelp found at 284 m in the mesophotic zone
Ciencias Marinas, 2020 Red sea urchins (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) are kelp-associated ecosystem engineers found in rocky habitats throughout the North Pacific from Baja California, Mexico, to Japan.
Alexander T Lowe, Aaron WE Galloway
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