The role of habitat in determining the distribution of a sponge-red alga symbiosis on a coral reef

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-20

  Trautman, Donelle A ^a,b   Hinde, Rosalind ^b   Borowitzka, Michael A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ceratodictyon spongiosum; Dispersion; Haliclona cymiformis; Histocompatibility; Niche; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; RED ALGA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPONGE; SYMBIOSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CERATODICTYON SPONGIOSUM; HALICLONA; RHODOPHYTA;

EID: 0037438941     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00410-0     Document Type: Article

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