Ecological interactions of marine sponges

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-166

  Wulff, Janie L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

BIOGEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS; MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS; SPONGE FEEDERS; SPONGE INTERACTIONS;

MICROORGANISMS;

DEFENSE MECHANISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROORGANISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARASITISM; PREDATOR; SPONGE; SYMBIONT; TAXONOMY;

EID: 33745167344     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z06-019     Document Type: Review

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