Habitat use by sponge-dwelling brittlestars

Marine Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 301-313

  Henkel, T P ^a   Pawlik, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; REFUGE; SPONGE;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; KEY LARGO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CALLYSPONGIA; CALLYSPONGIA VAGINALIS; DIGITALIS; INVERTEBRATA; NIPHATES DIGITALIS; OPHIOTHRIX; OPHIOTHRIX LINEATA; OPHIOTHRIX SUENSONII; OPHIUROIDEA;

EID: 12444289615     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-004-1448-x     Document Type: Article

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