Summer disease in Parazoanthus axinellae (Schmidt, 1862) (Cnidaria, Zoanthidea)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-361

  Cerrano, Carlo ^a   Totti, Cecilia ^b   Sponga, Federica ^c   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c BioSearch Italia Spa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benthic cyanobacteria; Global warming; Marine fungi; Mass mortality; Mediterranean Sea

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DISEASE; FUNGUS; GLOBAL WARMING; JELLYFISH; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY;

LIGURIAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; CRAMBE CRAMBE; CYANOBACTERIA; FUNGI; PARAZOANTHUS AXINELLAE; PORPHYROSIPHON; ZOANTHIDAE; ZOANTHIDEA;

EID: 33750824009     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000600911675     Document Type: Article

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