Domination and disappearance of the black sponge: A quarter century after the initial terpios outbreak in Southern Japan

Zoological Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 394-

  Reimer, James D ^a   Nozawa, Yoko ^b   Hirose, Euichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

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Indexed keywords

TERPIOS;

EID: 79957670707     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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