Feeding biology of Polymastia croceus

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-56

  Bell, A H ^a   Bergquist, P R ^a   Battershill, C N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding biology; Polymastia croceus; Porifera; Ultraplankton diet; Water flow rates

Indexed keywords

ENCRUSTING ORGANISM; FILTER FEEDING; SPONGE;

NEW ZEALAND;

POLYMASTIA CROCEUS; PORIFERA;

EID: 0033510910     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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