Recruitment, Growth and Mortality of an Antarctic Hexactinellid Sponge, Anoxycalyx joubini

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Dayton, Paul K ^a   Kim, Stacy ^b   Jarrell, Shannon C ^a   Oliver, John S ^b   Hammerstrom, Kamille ^b   Fisher, Jennifer L ^c   O'Connor, Kevin ^b   Barber, Julie S ^d   Robilliard, Gordon ^e   Barry, James ^f   Thurber, Andrew R ^c   Conlan, Kathy ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Swinomish Indian Tribal Community   (United States)

^e Cardno Entrix   (United States)

^f MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXYCALYX JOUBINI; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DYING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH RATE; ICEBERG; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPONGE (PORIFERA); TREND STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOMASS; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; OCEANS AND SEAS; PORIFERA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874556907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056939     Document Type: Article

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