Aegean bath sponges: Historical data and current status

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 34-51

  Voultsiadou, E ^a   Dailianis, T ^a,b   Antoniadou, C ^a   Vafidis, D ^c   Dounas, C ^b   Chintiroglou, C C ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Porifera; Production; Sponge disease; Sponge fishing grounds; Sponge harvesting

Indexed keywords

HIPPOSPONGIA; PORIFERA; SPONGIA;

EID: 79955973924     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: 15476553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10641262.2010.531794     Document Type: Article

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