Substratum effects on the growth and survivorship of the sponge Desmapsamma anchorata

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-89

  McLean, Elizabeth L ^a,b   Yoshioka, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological interactions; Coral reef; Epibiosis; Sessile invertebrates; Substratum associations

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; EPIBIOSIS; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVORSHIP; TAXONOMY;

ANTHOZOA; BRIAREUM; BRIAREUM ASBESTINUM; DESMAPSAMMA ANCHORATA; GORGONACEA; GORGONIA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 46149121314     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18475/cjos.v44i1.a9     Document Type: Article

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