Grazing, differential size-class dynamics and survival of the Mediterranean sponge Corticium candelabrum

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 360, Issue , 2008, Pages 97-106

  De Caralt, Sònia ^a   Uriz, María J ^b   Wijffels, René H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Filtration; Fission; Fusion; Growth; Porifera; Regeneration; Shrinkage; Survival

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; PICOPLANKTON; REGENERATION; SHRINKAGE; SPONGE; SURVIVAL;

CORTICIUM CANDELABRUM; DEMOSPONGIAE; HOMOSCLEROPHORIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 46949102086     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07365     Document Type: Article

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