Characterization of macrofaunal assemblages associated with sponges and tunicates collected off the southeastern United States

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 105-120

  Fiore, Cara L ^a,b   Jutte, Pamela Cox ^b  

^a School of Business and Economics   (United States)

^b MARINE RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Shelf; Slope; Symbiont; Tunicata

Indexed keywords

ALPHEIDAE; AMPHIPODA; CLIONA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); DIDEMNIDAE; ERICTHONIUS PUNCTATUS; ERYLUS; GEODIA; HAPLOSYLLIS SPONGICOLA; INVERTEBRATA; IRCINIA CAMPANA; LEUCOTHOE SPINICARPA; MICROPANOPE URINATOR; PHERONEMA ANNAE; PHERONEMA CARPENTERI; PILUMNUS; POLYCHAETA; PORIFERA; SYNALPHEUS; TOPSENTIA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 77953977666     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2010.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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