Incidence and distribution of phototrophic shell-degrading endoliths of the brown mussel Perna perna

Marine Biology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 505-514

  Kaehler, S ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; INFESTATION; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURFACE;

CYANOBACTERIUM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MOLLUSC; SHELL;

ATLANTIC COAST; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CYANOBACTERIA; HYELLA CAESPITOSA; MASTIGOCOLEUS TESTARUM; MOLLUSCA; PERNA PERNA; PLECTONEMA TEREBRANS; PLEUROCAPSA;

EID: 0033378387     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270050651     Document Type: Article

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