Infestation by excavating sponges on the oyster (Ostrea edulis) populations of the Blanes littoral zone (north-western Mediterranean Sea)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-413

  Rosell, Dolors ^a   Uriz, Maria Jesús ^a   Martin, Daniel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOLLUSC; SPONGE; SUBSTRATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; CLIONA CELATA; CLIONA VIRIDIS; OSTREA EDULIS; PORIFERA;

EID: 0032764455     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315498000526     Document Type: Article

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