The distribution and prevalence of sponges in relation to environmental gradients within a temperate sea lough: Vertical cliff surfaces

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 283-303

  Bell, J J ^a   Barnes, D K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Environmental gradients; Lough Hyne; Sedimentation; Sponge; Temperate; Zonation

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE; TURBULENCE; ZONATION;

IRELAND;

EID: 0034445450     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2000.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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