Sponges inhabiting a Mediterranean red coral population

Marine Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Corriero, G ^a   Abbiati, M ^b   Santangelo, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corallium rubrum; Ecology; Endobiotic sponges; Western Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

BORING ORGANISM; BORING ORGANISMS; CORAL; ENDOBIOTIC SPECIES; RED CORAL; RED CORAL COLONIES; SPONGE; SPONGES;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA, (WEST);

CLIONA SARAI; CORALLIUM RUBRUM; SPIROXYA HETEROCLITA;

EID: 0030728859     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.1997.tb00433.x     Document Type: Article

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