Light inside sponges

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 367, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 61-64

  Brümmer, Franz ^a   Pfannkuchen, Martin ^a   Baltz, Alexander ^a   Hauser, Thomas ^a   Thiel, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aplysina; light conduction; porifera; spicula; sponges; Tethya

Indexed keywords

ENDOSYMBIONT; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SESSILE SPECIES; SPONGE;

APLYSINA; HEXACTINELLIDA; METAZOA; PORIFERA; TETHYA;

EID: 56249111963     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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