| [abundance of sea urchin lytechinus variegatus (lamarck) on north, east and west coasts of margarita island (venezuela) ]. | the sea urchin roe reach a very high price in the international fish product market favoring the increase in the catches of this resource and overfishing in some countries. in the island of margarita (venezuela) some species, lytechinus variegatus (lamarck) among others, are consumed as food but studies to determine abundance of the resource are unknown. nine sample stations (depth less than 2 m) on the north, east and west coast of margarita island were visited in six different occasions betwee ... | 2002 | 12216495 |