Structure and dynamics of sponge-dominated assemblages on exposed and sheltered temperate reefs

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 321, Issue , 2006, Pages 19-30

  Roberts, D E ^a,b,c   Cummins, S P ^c   Davis, A R ^b   Chapman, M G ^c  

^a Bio Anal Mar Estuarine F   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological patterns; Marine assemblages; Porifera; Scales of variation; Sessile invertebrates; Wave exposure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REEF; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE;

INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 33749587332     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps321019     Document Type: Article

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