A wandering population of the hexactinellid sponge Pheronema carpenteri on the continental slope off Morocco, Northwest Africa

Marine Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 603-616

  Barthel, D ^a   Tendal, O S ^b   Thiel, H ^c  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bathyal; Hexactinellida; NE Atlantic; Pheronema; Porifera; Spicule mats

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC, MOROCCAN SLOPE;

PHERONEMA CARPENTERI;

EID: 0030438845     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1996.tb00420.x     Document Type: Article

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