Diversity and spatial heterogeneity of mangrove associated sponges of Curaçao and Aruba

• Main Authors: Hunting, E.R, Soest, R.W.M. van, Geest, H.G. van der, Vos, A, Debrot, A.O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2008

Sponges are major epibionts of mangrove roots in the Caribbean. Mangrove sponge communities in the Caribbean mainly consist of species that are typical to this habitat and community compositions often differ from those found on coral reefs nearby. Heterogeneity in species distributions between locat...