Glass sponges arrest pumping in response to sediment: Implications for the physiology of the hexactinellid conduction system

Marine Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 973-984

  Tompkins Macdonald, Gabrielle J ^a   Leys, Sally P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEDIMENT; SIGNALING; SPONGE;

APHROCALLISTES VASTUS; HEXACTINELLIDA; RHABDOCALYPTUS DAWSONI;

EID: 45449116875     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-008-0987-y     Document Type: Article

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