Diversity and abundance of sponges in bathyal coral reefs of Rockall Bank, NE Atlantic, from boxcore samples

Marine Biology Research

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 338-349

  Van Soest, Rob W M ^a   Lavaleye, Marc S S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bathyal; Boxcores; Rockall Bank; Sponges

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORAL REEF; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ROCKALL BANK;

ANTHOZOA; HEXACTINELLIDA;

EID: 29244487077     PISSN: 17451000     EISSN: 17451019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17451000500380322     Document Type: Article

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