Abstract Approximately 4.8–12.7 million tons of plastic waste has been estimated to be
discharged into marine environments annually by wind and river currents. The Ellen …

Marine sponges harbour complex microbial communities of ecological and biotechnological
importance. Here, we propose the application of the widespread sponge family Irciniidae as …

Satellite data show a steady increase, in the last decades, of the surface temperature (upper
few millimetres of the water surface) of the Mediterranean Sea. Reports of mass mortalities …

Complex microbiomes reside in marine sponges and consist of diverse microbial taxa,
including functional guilds that may contribute to host metabolism and coastal marine …

Invertebrate Medicine, Second Edition offers a thorough update to the most comprehensive
book on invertebrate husbandry and veterinary care. Including pertinent biological data for …

In the late summer of 2015, extensive mortality of scleratinian corals, gorgonians, and
sponges was observed in the Marine Protected Area of Tabarca (southeast Spain) …

Several bioactive compounds originally isolated from marine sponges have been later
ascribed or suggested to be synthesized by their symbionts. The cultivation of sponge …

The disease of freshwater sponges was first discovered in 2011, when pink samples were
found in the Central Basin of Lake Baikal. Subsequently, the visible signs of the disease …

Massive outbreaks are increasing all over the world, which are likely related to climate
change. The North Adriatic Sea, a sub-basin of the Mediterranean Sea, is a shallow semi …

Mass mortalities in natural populations, particularly those that leave few survivors over large
spatial areas, may cause long-term ecological perturbations. Yet mass mortalities may …