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Tissue Res 318:515–524
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Hernández J, Rojas-Cartagena C, Suárez-Castillo EC, Tossas K, Roig-López JL, MéndezMerced A, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, García-Arrarás JE (2009) Gene expression profiling of intestinal
regeneration in the sea cucumber. BMC Genomics 10:262
Pawson D, Vance D, Messing C, Solis-Marin F, Mah C (2009) Echinodermata of the Gulf of
Mexico. In: DL Felder, David K (eds) Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota, Volume 1,
Biodiversity. Texas A&M Univ Press, pp 1177–1204
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mortality of Diadema antillarum 1983-1984. Conserv Biol 15:885–889
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and water movement by sand dollar larvae (Dendraster excentricus). J Exp Biol 176:207–221
Quiñones JL, Rosa R, Ruiz DL, García-Arrarás JE (2002) Extracellular matrix remodeling and
metalloproteinase involvement during intestine regeneration in the sea cucumber Holthuria
glaberrima. Dev Biol 250:181–197
Ramírez-Gómez F, García-Arrarás JE (2010) Echinoderm immunity. Invert Survival J 7:211–220
Ramírez-Gómez F, Ortíz-Pineda P, Rojas-Cartagena C, Suárez-Castillo E, García-Arrarás JE
(2008) Immune-related genes associated with intestinal tissue in the sea cucumber Holothuria
glaberrima. Immunogenetics 60:57–71
Ramírez-Gómez F, Ortíz-Pineda P, Rivera G, García-Arrarás JE (2009) LPS-induced genes in
intestinal tissue of the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. PLoS ONE 4:e6178
Ramírez-Gómez F, Aponte-Rivera F, Méndez-Castañer L, García-Arrarás JE (2010) Changes in
holothurian coelomocyte populations following immune stimulation with different molecular
patterns. Fish Shellfish Immunol 29:175–185
Reeve MR (1970) Seasonal changes in the zooplankton of south Biscayne Bay and some
problems of assessing the effects on the zooplankton of natural and artificial thermal and other
fluctuations. Bull Mar Sci 20:894–921
Rivera JA, Vicente VP (1976) Diadema antillarum (Philippi): Enhancement of coral species
diversity in Thalassia beds. Proc Ass Isl Mar Lab Car May 12:18
Roig-López JL, Santiago P, Jiménez B, Santiago C, García-Arrarás JE (2001) Strategies to
identify differentially expressed genes during regeneration. In: Barker E (ed) Echinoderms
2000. Swets & Zeitlinger, Lisse pp 49–54
Rojas-Cartagena C, Ortíz-Pineda P, Ramírez-Gómez F, Súarez-Castillo EC, Matos-CruzV,
Rodríguez C, Ortíz-Zuazaga H, García-Arrarás JE (2007) Distinct profiles of expressed
sequence tags during intestinal regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima.
Physiol Genomics 31:203–215
Ruiz-Ramos D, Hernandez-Delgado EA, Schizas NV (2011) Population status of the long-spined
urchin Diadema antillarum in Puerto Rico, 20 years after a mass mortality event. Bull Mar
Sci 87:113–127
San Miguel JE, Maldonado-Soto AR, Garía-Arrarás JE (2009) Regeneration of the radial nerve
cord in the sea cucmber Holothuria glaberrima. Dev Biol 9:3
San Miguel-Ruiz JE, García-Arrarás JE (2007) Common cellular events occur during wound
healing and organ regeneration in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. BMC Dev Biol
7:115
San Miguel-Ruiz JE, Maldonado-Soto AR, García-Arrarás JE (2007) Regeneration of the radial
nerve cord in the sea cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. BMC Dev Biol 9:3
Santiago P, Roig-López JL, Santiago C, García-Arrarás JE (2000) Serum amyloid A protein in an
echinoderm: Its primary structure and expression during intestinal regeneration in the sea
cucumber Holothuria glaberrima. J Exp Zool (Mol Dev Evol) 288:335–344
468
S. M. Williams et al.