Virus predation by sponges is a new nutrient-flow pathway in coral reef food webs

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1548-1550

  Hadas, Eran ^a,b   Marie, Dominique ^c   Shpigel, Muki ^d   Ilan, Micha ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FOOD WEB; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPONGE; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANTHOZOA; NEGOMBATA MAGNIFICA;

EID: 33744909833     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1548     Document Type: Article

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