Demosponge distribution in the eastern Mediterranean: A NW-SE gradient

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-251

  Voultsiadou, Eleni ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Demosponges; Distribution; Faunal affinities; Levantine Sea; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 24944486495     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-005-0224-8     Document Type: Article

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