Friend or foe? No evidence that association with the sponge Mycale laevis provides a benefit to corals of the genus Montastraea

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 465, Issue , 2012, Pages 111-117

  Loh, Tse Lynn ^a   Pawlik, Joseph R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conditional; Context dependence; Montastraea; Mutualism; Overgrowth; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLY; OVERFISHING; REFUGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SESSILE SPECIES; SPONGE; SYMBIOSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN SEA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

ANTHOZOA; MONTASTRAEA; MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS; MONTASTRAEA FRANKSI; MYCALE LAEVIS; PISCES; SCLERACTINIA;

EID: 84867030996     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps09904     Document Type: Article

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