Innovative new methods for measuring the natural dynamics of some structurally dominant tropical sponges and other sessile fauna

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 479-484

  Pitcher, C R ^a   Wassenberg, T J ^a   Smith, G P ^a   Cappo, M ^b   Hooper, J N A ^c   Doherty, P J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Growth; Mortality; Porifera; Recruitment; ROV; Sessile fauna; Tagging; Video

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SESSILE SPECIES; SPONGE; TAGGING;

AUSTRALIA;

PORIFERA;

EID: 0033507029     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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