Spongivory on Caribbean reefs releases corals from competition with sponges

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Hill, Malcolm S ^a  

^a FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean coral reefs; Competition; Indirect effects; Predation; Sponges

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF;

EID: 0032425651     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050642     Document Type: Article

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