Prevalence of tissue necrosis and brown spot lesions in a common marine sponge

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 484-489

  Luter, Heidi M ^a,b   Whalan, Steve ^b   Webster, Nicole S ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Injury; Porifera; Stress; Tropical

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EPIDEMIC; ETIOLOGY; INJURY; LESION; MORTALITY; SPONGE; SYMPTOM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALM ISLAND GROUP; QUEENSLAND; TORRES STRAIT;

IANTHELLA BASTA; PORIFERA; PUNCTUM BLANDIANUM;

EID: 77951843958     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF09200     Document Type: Article

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