Growth dynamics and bioactivity variation of the Mediterranean demosponges Agelas oroides (Agelasida, Agelasidae) and Petrosia ficiformis (Haplosclerida, Petrosiidae)

Marine Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 327-336

  Ferretti, Cristina ^a   Vacca, Simone ^a   De Ciucis, Chiara ^a   Marengo, Barbara ^a,b   Duckworth, Alan R ^c   Manconi, Renata ^d   Pronzato, Roberto ^a   Domenicotti, Cinzia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Blue Ocean Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agelas oroides; Bioactivity variation; Growth dynamics; Natural population; Petrosia ficiformis; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPONGE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AGELAS; AGELAS OROIDES; AGELASIDA; AGELASIDAE; HAPLOSCLERIDA; PETROSIA; PETROSIA FICIFORMIS; PETROSIIDAE;

EID: 68549136805     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2008.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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