Abstract Changes in sediment input to marine systems can influence benthic environments
in many ways. Sponges are important components of benthic ecosystems world-wide and as …

Although abiotic factors may be important first-order filters dictating which sponge species
can thrive at a particular site, ecological interactions can play substantial roles influencing …

Being sessile filter feeders, sponges may be disadvantaged by sediments in many ways, eg
through clogging and burial. However, in order to correctly recognize negative effects of …

Conservationists and resource managers throughout the world continue to overlook the
important role of sponges in reef ecology. This neglect persists for three primary reasons …

Sediment deposition is known to affect the structure of marine rocky-bottom communities, but
its specific effects on some key organisms, such as sponges, remain poorly investigated. In a …

Infaunal soft-bottom invertebrates benefit from the presence of sediment, but sedimentation
is potentially harmful for hard-bottom dwellers. Most sponges live on hard bottom, but on …

Demospongiae (Porifera) have discrete cellular elements, parenchymella or blastula larvae,
with either viviparous or oviparous reproductive strategies. The skeleton is composed of …

Declines in coral abundance have been linked to increased sedimentation at many
locations across the world and at some of these locations there have been subsequent …

Marine sponges are important sessile, benthic filter feeders with a body plan designed to
pump water efficiently. The sponge body plan generally consists of mineral spicules …

This paper reports on a new species of the Baikal endemic sponge (fam. Lubomirskiidae)
Swartschewskia khanaevisp. nov. The description of this species is based on morphological …