Sponges of economical interest in the Eastern Mediterranean: An assessment of diversity and population density

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 5-8, 2008, Pages 529-543

  Voultsiadou, Eleni ^a   Vafidis, Dimitris ^b   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Bath sponges; Demosponges; Diversity; Natural products; Population density

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOACTIVITY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPONGE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

POSIDONIA;

EID: 46249122632     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701835506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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