Larval behaviours and their contribution to the distribution of the intertidal coral reef sponge Carteriospongia foliascens.

Sponges (Phylum Porifera) are an evolutionary and ecologically significant group; however information on processes influencing sponge population distributions is surprisingly limited. Carteriospongia foliascens is a common Indo-Pacific sponge, which has been reported from the intertidal to the mesop...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab, Rocky de Nys, Nicole Webster, Steve Whalan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4031186?pdf=render