Natural diet and grazing rate of the temperate sponge Dysidea avara (Demospongiae, Dendroceratida) throughout an annual cycle

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 176, Issue , 1999, Pages 179-190

  Ribes, Marta ^a   Coma, Rafel ^b   Gili, Josep Maria ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dysidea avara; Grazing rate; Mediterranean Sea; Natural diet; Prey selection; Sponges; Suspension feeding

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SPONGE;

DYSIDEA AVARA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0033580055     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps176179     Document Type: Article

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