. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder. Oceanography Bering 1148 Benthic biology Asterias amurensis was the dominant sea star in all three study regions; it occurred mainly in shallow water (0-40 m). The species also occurs in shallow waters in the Sea of Japan, Tatar Strait, the coasts of South Sakhalin, the southern Kuril Islands, and the northern Japan Sea (Pavlovskii 1966). It probably also occurs along the western Bering and Okhotsk seas. In the early 1950's A. amurensis caused exten- sive damage to the flourishing s
. The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf : oceanography and resources / edited by Donald W. Hood and John A. Calder. Oceanography Bering 1148 Benthic biology Asterias amurensis was the dominant sea star in all three study regions; it occurred mainly in shallow water (0-40 m). The species also occurs in shallow waters in the Sea of Japan, Tatar Strait, the coasts of South Sakhalin, the southern Kuril Islands, and the northern Japan Sea (Pavlovskii 1966). It probably also occurs along the western Bering and Okhotsk seas. In the early 1950's A. amurensis caused exten- sive damage to the flourishing shellfish culture industry of Japan, inspiring biological studies of the species (Hatanaka and Kosaka 1958). Evasterias echinosoma was another dominant sea 180° 175° 170° 165° 160° 155'. 175 170° 165° 160° Figure 65-29. Distribution and biomass of the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis in the southeastern Bering Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hood, D. W. (Donald Wilbur), 1918-; Calder, John A; United States. Office of Marine Pollution Assessment; United States. Bureau of Land Management. [Rockville, Md. ?] : U. S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Marine Pollution Assessment ; Seattle, Wash. : Distributed by the University of Washington Press
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