The encrusting sponge Halisarca laxus: Population genetics and association with the ascidian Pyura spinifera

Marine Biology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Davis, A R ^a   Ayre, D J ^a   Billingham, M R ^a,b   Styan, C A ^a,c   White, G A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d NSW Fisheries Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; HALISARCA; HALISARCA LAXUS; LAXUS; PYURA; PYURA SPINIFERA; PORIFERA;

COMPETITION; ENCRUSTING ORGANISMS; ENCRUSTING SPONGE; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIPS; POPULATION GENETICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES ASSOCIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0029660325     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00571374     Document Type: Article

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