Estimates of Carbonate Sediment Production by Some Common Fish and Sea Urchins in the Caribbean

Authors

John C. Ogden, Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1977

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1306/St4393C21

Abstract

Estimates have been made of carbonate-sediment production by the striped parrot fish Scarus croicensis Bloch and two common Caribbean echinoids, Diadema antillarum Philippi and Echinometra lucunter (L.), on the basis of an analysis of stomach contents and rate of feeding. The striped-parrot-fish population studied at Isla Pico Feo in Panama produced 0.49 kg/m²/year of carbonate sediment. The urchins Diadema and Echinometra studied in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, produced 4.6 kg/m²/year and 3.9 kg/m²/year, respectively.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Estimates of Carbonate Sediment Production by Some Common Fish and Sea Urchins in the Caribbean, in S. Frost & M. Weiss (Eds.), Studies in Geology #4: Caribbean Coral Reefs - Holocene and Ancient, AAPG, p. 281-285

Scholar Commons Citation

Ogden, John C., "Estimates of Carbonate Sediment Production by Some Common Fish and Sea Urchins in the Caribbean" (1977). Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications. 437.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bin_facpub/437