Mass recruitment of Ophiothrix fragilis (Ophiuroidea) on sponges: Settlement patterns and post-settlement dynamics

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 200, Issue , 2000, Pages 201-212

  Turon, Xavier ^a   Codina, Meritxell ^a   Tarjuelo, Isabel ^a   Uriz, María J ^b   Becerro, Mikel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Association; Ophiothrix; Ophiuroidea; Recruitment; Settlement; Sponges

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000811276     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps200201     Document Type: Article

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