The importance of competitor identity, morphology and ranking methodology to outcomes in interference competition between sponges

Marine Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 415-426

  Bell, J J ^a,c   Barnes, D K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b British Antarctic Society   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; MORPHOLOGY; SPONGE;

ASCIDIACEA; CNIDARIA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0142028898     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-003-1081-0     Document Type: Article

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