Biodiversity, ecological structure, and change in the sponge community of different geomorphological zones of the barrier fore reef at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize

Marine Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-435

  Villamizar, Estrella ^a   Díaz, María C ^b   Rützler, Klaus ^c   De Nóbrega, Renato ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

^b Museo Marino de Margarita   (Venezuela)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier reef; Belize; Fore reef; Phase shift; Sponge community; Zones comparison

Indexed keywords

AIOLOCHROIA CRASSA; ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; APLYSINA ARCHERI; CALLYSPONGIA PLICIFERA; NIPHATES DIGITALIS; NIPHATES ERECTA; XESTOSPONGIA MUTA;

EID: 84917733472     PISSN: 01739565     EISSN: 14390485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maec.12099     Document Type: Article

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