Silica content and spicule size variations in Pellina semitubulosa (Porifera: Demospongiae)

Marine Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-92

  Mercurio, M ^a   Corriero, G ^a   Scalera Liaci, L ^a   Gaino, E ^b  

^a Dipartimento di Matematica   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0033855652     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002270000336     Document Type: Article

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