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| Caballero, H.; Busutil, L.; García, Y.; Alcolado, P.M.. |
| The sponge communities at four locations on the east coast of Bahía de Cochinos were surveyed in October 2002. At each location, sampling sites were established in the ecological zones of patch reef (3 m), shallow terrace (6-10 m), and deep terrace (15 m). The line-transect method with a 10 m line as sampling unit was used to measure sponge bottom coverage, and a 1 m square grid was used to quantify sponge community density. Species heterogeneity and species richness indices showed variability among sites and tended to increase with depth. Thirty species belonging to 19 families and 21 genera were found. The most common species were: Mycale laevis, Aplysina cauliformis, Cliona aprica, Aplysina fistularis, and Ectyoplasia ferox, which comprised 48% of the... |
| Tipo: Journal Contribution |
Palavras-chave: Sponges; Aquatic communities; Coral reefs; Aquatic communities; Coral reefs; Sponges; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_553; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_1880; Http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_7321. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1834/3523 |
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