How to survive and persist in ephemeral water bodies? The case of sponges (Porifera: Spongillina)
Abstract
Publication Date:
2015
Short description:
How to survive and persist in ephemeral water bodies? The case of sponges (Porifera: Spongillina) / Manconi, Renata; Cadeddu, Barbara; Padiglia, Andrea; Demurtas, Daniela; Stocchino, Giacinta Angela; Pronzato, Roberto. - (2015), pp. 50-50. (Intervento presentato al convegno International symposium of Mediterranean temporary ponds: book of abstracts tenutosi a Sassari).
abstract:
Ephemeral water bodies are subjected to unforeseeable and extreme fluctuations of environmental conditions constraining biodiversity values. Although data are fragmentary and scattered in the literature sponges are known to be able to colonize temporary/intermittent water bodies.
Iris type:
4.2 Abstract in Atti di convegno
Keywords:
Sponges; gemmules; morphogenesis
List of contributors:
Manconi, Renata; Cadeddu, Barbara; Padiglia, Andrea; Demurtas, Daniela; Stocchino, Giacinta Angela; Pronzato, Roberto
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Book title:
International Symposium on Mediterranean Temporary Ponds