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Relationship of Sponge Macrofauna with the Morphology of their Hosts in the North Aegean Sea by A. Koukouras; A. Russo; E. Voultsiadou-Koukoura; C. Dounas; C. Chintiroglou is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.

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The associated macrofauna of four Aegean Sea sponge species (Apelas oroides, Petrosia ficiforrnis, lrcinia variahilis and Aplysina aerophoha) was compared. The total number of individuals and species was found to be related to sponge volume for all sponge species. The associated macrofaunal weight per individual on all sponge species was negatively correlated with sponge volume. Sponge complexity, as measured by sponge surface area to biomass ratio, was not a consistent predictor of associated macrofauna abundance or diversity. Sponge macrofauna species were not host specific and their relative abundances differed among sponge species.

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Author

A. Koukouras; A. Russo; E. Voultsiadou-Koukoura; C. Dounas; C. Chintiroglou

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Wiley (ISSN 1434-2944)

Published

1992

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)