Preliminary assessment of sponge biodiversity on Saba Bank, Netherlands Antilles.

BACKGROUND: Saba Bank Atoll, Netherlands Antilles, is one of the three largest atolls on Earth and provides habitat for an extensive coral reef community. To improve our knowledge of this vast marine resource, a survey of biodiversity at Saba Bank included a multi-disciplinary team that sampled fish...

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Main Authors: Robert W Thacker, M Cristina Díaz, Nicole J de Voogd, Rob W M van Soest, Christopher J Freeman, Andrew S Mobley, Jessica LaPietra, Kevin Cope, Sheila McKenna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2873950?pdf=render