Discovery of Sphaeroma terebrans, a wood-boring isopod, in the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, habitat of northern Florida Bay

Ambio

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-173

  Brooks, R Allen ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORING ORGANISM; MANGROVE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMALIA; ISOPODA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPHAEROMA; SPHAEROMA TEREBRANS;

EID: 2342599788     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-33.3.171     Document Type: Article

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