Sponge distribution and coral reef community structure off Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 45-50

  Bakus, G J ^a   Nishiyama, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic; Community ecology; Coral reef; Densities; Markov Chains; Philippines; Porifera; Transects

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; SPONGE;

PHILIPPINES;

PORIFERA;

EID: 0033504584     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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