Resistance vs recovery: Morphological strategies of coral reef sponges

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 699-708

  Wulff, J L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Hurricane damage; Porifera; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; MORPHOLOGY; REGENERATION; SPONGE;

ANIMALIA; ANTHOZOA; PORIFERA;

EID: 33745818340     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01143.x     Document Type: Article

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