An improved method of tissue digestion for spicule mounts in sponge taxonomy

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 533-539

  Schönberg, Christine H L ^a,b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioeroding sponges; Demospongiae; Porifera; Spicule preparations; Taxonomy; Tissue digestion

Indexed keywords

BIOEROSION; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SPICULE; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

PORIFERA;

EID: 0342313561     PISSN: 00798835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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