Sponges on mangrove roots, Twin Cays, Belize: Early stages of community assembly

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 509-530, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Wulff, Janie ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE;

BELIZE; CENTRAL AMERICA; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

PORIFERA;

EID: 15244359503     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.519.1     Document Type: Article

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