Seasonal patterns of toxicity in benthic invertebrates: The encrusting sponge Crambe crambe (Poecilosclerida)

Oikos

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-40

  Turon, Xavier ^a   Becerro, Mikel A ^b   Uriz, María J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPONGE; TOXICITY; TOXIN;

CRAMBE CRAMBE; DECAPODA; POECILOSCLERIDA;

EID: 0029773228     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546318     Document Type: Article

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