Spatial variability in community structure of Dictyoceratida sponges across Torres Strait, Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2168-2173

  Duckworth, A R ^a,b   Wolff, C ^a,b   Evans Illidge, E ^a,b   Whalan, S ^b   Lui, S ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community structure; Coral reefs; Distribution; Porifera; Spatial variation; Sponges; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHIPELAGO; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPONGE;

TORRES STRAIT;

ANTHOZOA; DEMOSPONGIAE; DICTYOCERATIDA; PORIFERA;

EID: 50849127828     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.03.024     Document Type: Article

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