Reassessing the spatial relationship between sponges and macroalgae in sublittoral rocky bottoms: A descriptive approach

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-150

  Preciado, Izaskun ^a   Maldonado, Manuel ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ESPAÑOL DE OCEANOGRAFÍA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Macroalgae; Rocky bottom; Spatial competition; Sponge distribution; Sublittoral ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROALGA; ROCKY SHORE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPONGE;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA;

EID: 21244489574     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-004-0213-3     Document Type: Article

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