Recurrent disease outbreaks in corneous demosponges of the genus Ircinia: Epidemic incidence and defense mechanisms

Marine Biology

Volumn 157, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1577-1590

  Maldonado, Manuel ^a   Sánchez Tocino, Luis ^b   Navarro, Carlos ^b  

^a CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIC; ETIOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LESION; MORTALITY; SPONGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (WEST);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); IRCINIA;

EID: 84995344376     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-010-1431-7     Document Type: Article

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