Coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge (Terpios hoshinota) on the Great Barrier Reef

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 483-483

  Fujii, T ^a   Keshavmurthy, S ^b   Zhou, W ^c   Hirose, E ^a   Chen, C A ^b,d   Reimer, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; CORAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; SPONGE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; TERPIOS;

EID: 79955890554     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-011-0734-6     Document Type: Article

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