Assessment of the relative contribution of asexual propagation in a population of the coral-excavating sponge Cliona delitrix from the Bahamas

Coral Reefs

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 297-301

  Zilberberg, C ^a   Maldonado, M ^b   Sole Cava A M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Allozymes; Asexual reproduction; Genotype; Porifera

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; CLONE; CORAL REEF; GENETIC PHENOMENA; GENOTYPE; LARVA; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPONGE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

ANTHOZOA; CLIONA DELITRIX; MONTASTRAEA; PORIFERA;

EID: 33646522209     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-006-0094-9     Document Type: Article

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