Sponge epibionts on ecosystem-engineering ascidians: The case of Microcosmus sabatieri

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 598-606

  Voultsiadou, Eleni ^a   Kyrodimou, Marianthi ^a   Antoniadou, Chryssanthi ^a   Vafidis, Dimitris ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean sea; epibiosis; Mediterranean; Porifera; sublittoral; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; EPIBIONT; EPIFAUNA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPONGE; TAXONOMY;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; MICROCOSMUS; PORIFERA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 74749097278     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2009.11.035     Document Type: Article

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