Spatial variability in the distribution of sponges and cnidarians in a sublittoral marine cave with sulphur-water springs

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-58

  Benedetti Cecchi, L ^a   Airoldi, L ^a   Abbiati, M ^a   Cinelli, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CAVE; SEA CAVE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPONGE; SULPHUR SPRING;

CAMPANIA; CAPE PALINURO; ITALY;

APLYSILLA SULFUREA; ASTROIDES CALYCULARIS; CARYOPHYLLIA INORNATA; CNIDARIA; GEODIA CYDONIUM; LEPTOSAMMIA PRUVOTI; PETROSIA FICIFORMIS; PORIFERA;

EID: 0031938603     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0025315400039953     Document Type: Article

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