Sponge disease in the Adriatic Sea

Marine Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Di Camillo, Cristina G ^a   Bartolucci, Igor ^a   Cerrano, Carlo ^a   Bavestrello, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ircinia; Mass mortality; Necrosis; Sarcotragus; Spongia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MORTALITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPONGE;

ADRIATIC SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CYANOBACTERIA; IRCINIA; SARCOTRAGUS; SPONGIA; SPONGIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 84874196737     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2012.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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