Sponge community structure and anti-predator defenses on temperate reefs of the South Atlantic Bight

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 380, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 36-46

  Ruzicka, Rob ^a   Gleason, Daniel F ^b  

^a Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defenses; Community structure; South Atlantic Bight; Sponge; Spongivorous fish; Structural defenses; Temperate reefs

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; FISH BIOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; OUTCROP; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPONGE; ZONATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; SOUTH ATLANTIC BIGHT;

PISCES;

EID: 70349964447     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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