Adaptation of reef and mangrove sponges to stress: Evidence for ecological speciation exemplified by Chondrilla caribensis new species (Demospongiae, Chondrosida)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 95-111

  Rützler, Klaus ^a   Duran, Sandra ^b   Piantoni, Carla ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN MARINE STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean Sea; Chondrilla caribensis new species; Chondrilla nucula; Morphological and molecular characteristics; Porifera ecology; Salinity; Sedimentation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR EXPOSURE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MANGROVE; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SALINITY; SEDIMENTATION; SPONGE; TIDAL CHANNEL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (WEST); CARIBBEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANTHOZOA; CHONDRILLA (SPONGE); CHONDRILLA NUCULA; CHONDROSIDA; DEMOSPONGIAE; NUCULA; PORIFERA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

EID: 34548789135     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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