Demographics of increasing populations of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 560-570

  Mcmurray, Steven E ^a   Henkel, Timothy P ^a   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Florida keys; Giant barrel sponge; Invertebrate; Matrix model; Population dynamics; Porifera; USA; Xestospongia muta

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SPONGE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEA; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TIME; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FLORIDA; OCEANS AND SEAS; POPULATION GROWTH; PORIFERA; TIME FACTORS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; FLORIDA KEYS; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA; XESTOSPONGIA; XESTOSPONGIA MUTA;

EID: 77949319384     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-2060.1     Document Type: Article

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