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 …

The evolution of marine demosponges has led to two basic life strategies: one involving
close associations with large and diverse communities of microorganisms, termed high …

Coral reefs are iconic examples of biological hotspots, highly appreciated because of their
ecosystem services. Yet, they are threatened by human impact and climate change …

Coral reefs are economically important ecosystems that have suffered unprecedented
losses of corals in the recent past. Why have Caribbean reefs in particular transitioned to …

A global overview of the potential impacts of climate change and sea level rise on coral
reefs, and of the implications of such impacts for ecological sustainable use of coral reefs …

An extensive v~ deoscopic study of ah~ gh-temperature sulfide structure on the Juan de
Fuca Rldge (northeast Pacific) examined temporal variation in vent community distnbution …

Marine sponges have a long history of farming, starting with bath sponges over 5000 years
ago in the Mediterranean. Many species have since been found appropriate for distinct …

The need to study sponge communities in comparatively inaccessible habitats led to a
sponge classification system that relies on the strictly functional interpretation of traditional …

The association between mound-building, benthic microbial communities and siliceous
sponges is characteristic of some reef mounds of Early Cambrian, Early-Middle Ordovician …