Didemnid ascidians: Rapid colonizers of artificial reefs in Eilat (Red Sea)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Oren, U ^a   Benayahu, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEF; BIOFOULING; COLONIZATION; GROWTH RATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

ISRAEL; RED SEA;

ASCIDIACEA; DIDEMNUM GRANULATUM;

EID: 0032230099     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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