Endoscopic exploration of Red Sea coral reefs reveals dense populations of cavity-dwelling sponges

Nature

Volumn 413, Issue 6857, 2001, Pages 726-730

  Richter, Claudio ^a   Wunsch, Mark ^a   Rasheed, Mohammed ^b,c   Kötter, Iris ^a   Badran, Mohammad I ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BIOMASS; CARBONATES; ENDOSCOPY; OCEAN HABITATS; REEFS; ROCKS;

CORAL REEFS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CAVERNICOLOUS SPECIES; CORAL REEF; SPONGE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CORAL; ENDOSCOPY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MINERALIZATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; CNIDARIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PORIFERA;

RED SEA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0035909320     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35099547     Document Type: Article

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