Sponges are ecologically important benthic organisms with many important functional roles.
However, despite increasing global interest in the functions that sponges perform, there has …

No-take reserves and habitat restoration are important management tools for reversing the
effects of fishing on coastal habitats, associated faunal assemblages, and host-parasite …

Ocean acidification can negatively affect a broad range of physiological processes in marine
shelled molluscs. Marine bioeroding organisms could, in contrast, benefit from ocean …

Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, are ecologically and economically important coastal
species which provide a commercially valuable food product while also improving water …

Bioeroding sponges can cause extensive damage to aquaculture and wild shellfish
fisheries. It has been suggested that heavy sponge infestations that reach the inner cavity of …

Boring sponge infection affects growth, development and reduces the soft tissue weight of
oysters. In this study, we investigated the effects of boring sponge on the activity of three …

Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, are commercially important coastal species that
provide many ecosystem services for coastal communities. Unfortunately, 85% of oyster …

Intraspecific variation in host susceptibility to individual parasite species is common, yet how
these effects scale to mediate the structure of diverse parasite communities in nature is less …

Bioeroding sponges are the dominant macroborers in many environments. They can affect
growth, condition and potentially survival in shellfish populations and cause economic loss …

Determining the efficacy of restoration practices is critical for enhancing and rebuilding
degraded ecosystems. A fundamental question in marine restoration design is whether to …