Heart of glass: Spicule armament and physical defense in temperate reef sponges

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 77-86

  Ferguson, A M ^a   Davis, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antifeedant activity; Benthic invertebrates; Centrostephanus rodgersii; Physical defense; Porifera; Spicules; Spongin fibres; Urchin grazing

Indexed keywords

ANTIFEEDANT; BENTHOS; GRAZING; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; SPICULE; SPONGE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CACOSPONGIA; CALLYSPONGIA; CENTROSTEPHANUS RODGERSII; CHONDRILLA (SPONGE); CHONDRILLA AUSTRALIENSIS; CLATHRIA PYRAMIDA; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA; TEDANIA ANHELANS;

EID: 58249116023     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07680     Document Type: Article

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