Feeding and respiration by giant barrel sponges across a gradient of food abundance in the Red Sea

A test of the sponge-loop hypothesis for emergent Caribbean reef sponges

(2018) SE McMurray et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop

(2018) L Rix et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A test of the sponge-loop hypothesis for emergent Caribbean reef sponges

(2018) SE McMurray et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Reef sponges facilitate the transfer of coral-derived organic matter to their associated fauna via the sponge loop

(2018) L Rix et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A review of bottom-up vs. top-down control of sponges on Caribbean fore-reefs: what’s old, what’s new, and future directions

(2018) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   PeerJ

Demography alters carbon flux for a dominant benthic suspension feeder, the giant barrel sponge, on Conch Reef, Florida Keys

(2017) Steven E. McMurray et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Consumption of dissolved organic carbon by Caribbean reef sponges

(2017) Daniel R. Hoer et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Trophic niche separation that facilitates co-existence of high and low microbial abundance sponges is revealed by in situ study of carbon and nitrogen fluxes

(2017) T. Morganti et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Abiotic conditions drive significant variability in nutrient processing by a common Caribbean sponge, Ircinia felix

(2017) Stephanie K. Archer et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

A Vicious Circle? Altered Carbon and Nutrient Cycling May Explain the Low Resilience of Caribbean Coral Reefs

(2016) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Differential recycling of coral and algal dissolved organic matter via the sponge loop

(2016) Laura Rix et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The energetic cost of filtration by demosponges and their behavioural response to ambient currents

(2016) Danielle A. Ludeman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency

(2016) Steven E. McMurray et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Coral mucus fuels the sponge loop in warm- and cold-water coral reef ecosystems

(2016) Laura Rix et al.   Scientific Reports

No evidence for food limitation of Caribbean reef sponges: Reply to Slattery & Lesser (2015)

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trophic ecology of sponges from shallow to mesophotic depths (3 to 150 m): Comment on Pawlik et al. (2015)

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A review of evidence for food limitation of sponges on Caribbean reefs

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

No evidence for food limitation of Caribbean reef sponges: Reply to Slattery & Lesser (2015)

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trophic ecology of sponges from shallow to mesophotic depths (3 to 150 m): Comment on Pawlik et al. (2015)

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

A review of evidence for food limitation of sponges on Caribbean reefs

(2015) JR Pawlik et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trait-mediated ecosystem impacts: how morphology and size affect pumping rates of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge

(2014) SE McMurray et al.   Aquatic Biology

Natural Diet of Coral-Excavating Sponges Consists Mainly of Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)

(2014) Benjamin Mueller et al.   PLoS One

Cell Turnover and Detritus Production in Marine Sponges from Tropical and Temperate Benthic Ecosystems

(2014) Brittany E. Alexander et al.   PLoS One

Chemical defenses and resource trade-offs structure sponge communities on Caribbean coral reefs

(2014) T.-L. Loh et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes?

(2013) James J. Bell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Remote Sensing the Phytoplankton Seasonal Succession of the Red Sea

(2013) Dionysios E. Raitsos et al.   PLoS One

Sponge Communities on Caribbean Coral Reefs Are Structured by Factors That Are Top-Down, Not Bottom-Up

(2013) Joseph R. Pawlik et al.   PLoS One

Ecology of Caribbean Sponges: Are Top-Down or Bottom-Up Processes More Important?

(2013) Michael P. Lesser et al.   PLoS One

Surviving in a Marine Desert: The Sponge Loop Retains Resources Within Coral Reefs

(2013) Jasper M. de Goeij et al.   SCIENCE

Bleaching of the giant barrel spongeXestospongia mutain the Florida Keys

(2011) Steven E. McMurray et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

In situ fluxes of dissolved inorganic nitrogen from the sponge community on Conch Reef, Key Largo, Florida

(2010) Melissa W. Southwell et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Organic matter release by the dominant primary producers in a Caribbean reef lagoon: implication for in situ O2 availability

(2010) AF Haas et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Cell kinetics of the marine sponge Halisarca caerulea reveal rapid cell turnover and shedding

(2009) J. M. De Goeij et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Growth Efficiency and Carbon Balance for the Sponge Haliclona oculata

(2009) Marieke Koopmans et al.   MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Redwood of the reef: growth and age of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta in the Florida Keys

(2008) S. E. McMurray et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Major bulk dissolved organic carbon (DOC) removal by encrusting coral reef cavity sponges

(2008) JM de Goeij et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Bleaching and stress in coral reef ecosystems:hsp70expression by the giant barrel spongeXestospongia muta

(2008) SUSANNA LÓPEZ-LEGENTIL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY