Coral colonization by the encrusting excavating Caribbean sponge Cliona delitrix

Marine Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-173

  Chaves Fonnegra, Andia ^a,b   Zea, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Cliona delitrix; Coral; Excavating sponge; Space competition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL; HABITAT SELECTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; SPACE USE; SPONGE; TREND ANALYSIS;

COLOMBIA; SAN ANDRES ISLAND; SAN ANDRES Y PROVIDENCIA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; CLIONA; CLIONA DELITRIX; SIDERASTREA SIDEREA;

EID: 79955039892     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2010.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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