Growth and regeneration rates of the calcareous skeleton of the Caribbean coralline sponge Ceratoporella nicholsoni: A long term survey

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 675-685

  Willenz, Philippe ^a   Hartman, W D ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aragonite; Calcein; Ceratoporella nicholsoni; Coralline sponges; Growth rate; Porifera; Regeneration; Sclerosponges; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; REGENERATION; SKELETON; SPONGE;

JAMAICA;

CERATOPORELLA NICHOLSONI; PORIFERA;

EID: 0033513104     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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