Sponges as “living hotels” in Mediterranean marine caves

Although sponges constitute the dominant sessile organisms in marine caves, their functional role as ecosystem engineers has received little attention in this habitat type. In this study the associated macrofauna of the massive/tubular ecosystem-engineering sponges Agelas oroides and Aplysina aeroph...

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Main Authors: Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Chariton Charles Chintiroglou, Despoina Konstantinou, Eleni Voultsiadou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2016-09-01
Series:Scientia Marina
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Online Access:http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/1641